Python molurus bivittatus
According to the USGS, this large Burmese python, which weighed around 162 pounds and measured more than 15 feet long at the time of its capture in 2009, and was caught alive in the Everglades. The snake was also found to have eaten an American alligator that measured about 6 feet in length.
Invasive Burmese python hatchlings from the Florida Everglades can withstand exposure to salt water long enough to potentially expand their range through ocean and estuarine environments.
The US Association of Reptile Keepers (USARK) is a science and education based advocacy for the responsible private ownership of, and trade in reptiles. Photograph of courtesy of USARK
A killed 16-foot Burmese python in the Everglades was found with an adult deer in its belly this past fall. Photograph from South Florida Water Management District via AP
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