Python molurus This listing indicates that it may become threatened with extinction and is in need of frequent reassessment. In the literature, one other subspecies may be encountered: "P. m. pimbura" Deraniyagala, 1945, which is found in Sri Lanka. The Burmese python ("Python bivittatus") was referred to as a subspecies of the Indian python until 2009, when it was elevated to full species status. The name "Python molurus bivittatus" is found in older literature. Kaa, a large and elderly Indian python, is featured in "The Jungle Book". Python molurus Python molurus is a large, nonvenomous python species found in many tropical and
The Jungle Book and class are mapped out in the stories, contributing to "an imagining of Englishness as a site of power and racial superiority." Nyman suggested that "The Jungle Book"'s monkeys and snakes represent "colonial animals" and "racialized Others" within the Indian jungle, whereas the White Seal promotes "'truly English' identities in the nationalist allegory" of that story. Swati Singh, in his "Secret History of the Jungle Book", notes that the tone is like that of Indian folklore, fable-like, and that critics have speculated that the Kipling may have heard similar stories from his Hindu bearer and his Portuguese "ayah" (nanny) during