Implemented the ruby version in python to handle multiple responses in a single packet. Some client implementations of statsd buffer packets together to be sent as one UDP packet. *NOTE*: You may have to change your location of the python executable in the sha-bang. I put the contents of this gist in /usr/bin/lstatsd so it can be run in terminal

statsd.py

#!/usr/local/bin/python

import socket
from termcolor import colored

UDP_IP = "0.0.0.0"
UDP_PORT = 8125

sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, # Internet
                  socket.SOCK_DGRAM) # UDP

sock.bind((UDP_IP, UDP_PORT))

while True:
    data, addr = sock.recvfrom(4096)
    print "======START PACKET====="
    dataArray = data.splitlines()
    for line in dataArray:
        metric, value = line.split(':')
        print "StatsdD Metric:", colored(metric, "blue"), colored(value, "green")
    print "=====END PACKET=====\n"