The average snake caught has measured 12.6 feet in length, and the program has removed 277 breeding females. The Burmese python has a diet of more than 80 species, according to the Conservancy.

Some superlatives include the largest female python ever recorded in Florida, an 18-foot, 215-pound snake; the largest male, at 16 feet and 140 pounds and photo documentation of a python eating a ...

Photo courtesy Conservancy of Southwest Florida This is precisely where python removal programs come into play. And while studying and researching the reptiles is part of the Conservancy’s wider focus ...

The South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination Program incentivizes contractors to remove invasive Burmese pythons. The program awards monthly bonuses to the contractor who ...