The record catch of the invasive species was verified by a local environmental conservancy. Naples native Jake Waleri, 22, found the snake in Big Cypress National Preserve at out 1 a.m. on July 10.

Crazy Creatures. Record-Breaking 215-Pound Python Found in the Everglades. Posted: June 12, 2025 | Last updated: June 16, 2025. In December 2021, researchers from the Conservancy of Southwest ...

The snake, stretching 19 feet, was caught in the Big Cypress National Preserve. The invasive species runs rampant through southern Florida, wreaking havoc on the state's native animal populations.

Hunters caught a record-sized (for length) Burmese python in eastern Collier County on Monday. It measures 19 feet long, according to The Conservancy of Southwest Florida. Watch the video: Record ...

It was caught on Monday by 22-year-old Jake Waleri, who brought the python to the Conservancy of Southwest Florida in his hometown of Naples, the conservancy said.Officials there measured the ...

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.

NAPLES, Fla. (WSVN) — The results of the python hunting season are in, and this year, the team at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida broke records after they took down a 17-foot python.

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 ...