The previous record for a Burmese python in Florida was 18 feet, 9 inches. A video posted on Instagram shows the python being captured by Jake Waleri, 22, of Naples.

Python hunter Jason Leon set a record for the South Florida Water Management Department's Python Elimination Program with this 17-foot-1-inch Burmese python that he brought to the District's ...

The Burmese python they caught was a female that weighed 98 pounds and was just 4 inches shy of the Florida record for a Burmese python caught in the wild. Jason Leon killed an 18-foot, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The python capture also marks the 900th python the team has removed from the wild. ... Team captures record-setting python. by Amber Randall. Fri, October 4th 2019 at 12:40 PM.

Previous python record. In December 2017, Florida snake hunters made a then-record setting catch in the Everglades when python hunter Jason Leon captured a 17-foot Burmese python at Big Cypress.

In December 2021, researchers from the Conservancy of Southwest Florida captured a record-breaking Burmese python in the Everglades, measuring 17.7 feet in length and weighing 215 pounds—the ...

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 ...