The previous record-holder was a 17-foot, 7-inch snake captured in August 2012. That python was carrying a clutch of 87 eggs, another record. Read about the 2013 Florida python hunt.

Burmese python invasion: Fighting invasive species 26:43. Officials say Florida trappers have captured a record-setting python as part of a growing effort that encourages hunters to remove the ...

A record 19-foot-long Burmese python is caught in a Florida preserve The snake, stretching 19 feet, was caught in the Big Cypress National Preserve. The invasive species runs rampant through ...

Three hunters caught a 17-foot, 132-pound Burmese python in the Florida Everglades in southern Miami-Dade, a record for the program aimed at curbing the proliferation of the non-native species ...

Leon also holds the overall state record with an 18-foot-8-inch python he caught in 2013. Jason Leon, who snagged this 17-foot python, also holds the Florida state record.

A massive python caught early Friday morning has broken a state record. The 17-foot, 1-inch python is the largest ever caught under Florida's Python Elimination Program, which started earlier this ...

A 19-foot Burmese python — the longest ever recorded — was caught by local hunters in South Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve this week. To put the catch into perspective, the snake is ...