The Burmese Python is the largest subspecies of the Indian Python and one of the 6 largest snake

Snake

Snakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales...

s in the world, native to a large variation of tropic and subtropic areas of Southern- and Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...

. They are often found near water and are sometimes semi-aquatic, but can also be found in trees. Wild individuals average 3.7 metres (12.1 ft) long, but may reach up to 5.8 metres (19 ft).
Burmese Pythons are dark-coloured snakes with many brown blotches bordered in black down the back.