Indian python Python molurus (Linnaeus, 1758) is one of the world’s giant snakes with maximum lengths measured six to eight meters. Nevertheless, information on the size at maturity of P. molurus is not available. On February 9, 2019, 12:56 pm, one female and two males were observed during the group mating in Moyar River Valley Landscape, Southern India. We report the first observation on smallest male measuring 198 cm total length, 172 cm snoutvent length and weighing 3.3.kg mated with a radio-tagged larger female. At the end of the mating event everted hemi penis were observed in the male pythons. Our observation on the mating and morphology details of P. molurus gives the first glimpse of juvenile the male maturity that representing the youngest known free-ranging matured male of this poorly studied species in its distribution range.

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Background: India is world's diabetic capital. Treatment compliance is most important to manage the disease effectively. This study was done to estimate the prevalence of treatment non–compliance among the adult diabetic population and to identify certain risk factors that may be associated with it.Methods: The study was done on 300 diabetics who were chosen through stratified random sampling from urban and rural areas. Information was collected through a questionnaire that had questions on background information of the subject and then on diabetes and treatment compliance. The data entry and analysis were done using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 22. The final data was summarized into percentages and 95% C.I was calculated for the prevalence rates. Cross tabulations were done for various variables. Chi-square values were calculated wherever appropriate and p values were based on the 2 –tailed values. Associations were assessed and 95% confidence interval of odds ratios were found using Epi Info version 7.1.2.Results: The overall prevalence of non-compliance to treatment in diabetics was found to be 29.7% with a 95% CI of 24.5-34.8%. Treatment non–compliance among diabetics was significantly higher among male subjects, subjects from joint families, subjects with family history of diabetes and also subjects with BMI in the normal range.Conclusions: This study shows the high prevalence rates of treatment non–compliance among the diabetic population emphasizes on the need for effective public–private partnerships to effectively reduce the disease burden of diabetes.

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