An Indian rock python, an endangered species, has hatched 36 eggs at the Arignar Anna Zoological Park here and the hatchlings are being safely reared in a separate enclosure, zoo authorities said today.
The snake had laid the eggs in April. Each hatchling is being reared in a separate earthen pot in a wooded enclosure, Director, Arignar Anna Zoological Park said in a press release.
Largely found in the Western Ghats, Indian rock pythons are non-venomous and a fully grown snake weighs about 50 kg, and grows upto four metres, the release said.
