Title: Invasive Species - Lizards, Treesnakes, and Burmese Pythons, Oh My!
By Amy A. Yackel Adams and Andrea F. Currylow
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The Burmese python is now distributed across more than a thousand square miles of southern Florida from coast to coast. This includes Everglades National Park, Biscayne National Park, Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area, Big Cypress National Preserve, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge, Picayune Strand State Forest, Collier-Seminole State Park, and Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. A population of Boa constrictors has been established for many years in southern Miami, centered on a county park.
Researchers have recently confirmed the presence of a reproducing population of northern African pythons on the western boundary of Miami; this species is both visually and ecologically very similar to the Burmese python. There is currently no evidence for wild and reproducing populations of the various anaconda species or the reticulated python (the longest snake in the world), although representatives of both groups have been captured or sighted in the wild in Florida and elsewhere.
Title: Invasive Species - Lizards, Treesnakes, and Burmese Pythons, Oh My!
By Amy A. Yackel Adams and Andrea F. Currylow
Title: Invasive Species - Lizards, Treesnakes, and Burmese Pythons, Oh My!
By Amy A. Yackel Adams and Andrea F. Currylow
A Burmese python stretched out in the grass in the Everglades.
A Burmese python stretched out in the grass in the Everglades.
A Burmese python coiled in the grass in the Everglades.
A Burmese python coiled in the grass in the Everglades.
Team of scientists working together to insert a tracking device in a 14 foot Burmese python.
Team of scientists working together to insert a tracking device in a 14 foot Burmese python.
This 16 1/2-foot python, being removed from the wild by USGS and NPS personnel, was captured in a thicket in Everglades National Park in May 2012.
This 16 1/2-foot python, being removed from the wild by USGS and NPS personnel, was captured in a thicket in Everglades National Park in May 2012.
Big Ol‘ Gal
African rock pythons are the largest snake in Africa, but now some have been found in Florida. They can eat goats, warthogs, and even crocodiles. In Florida, they are an invasive species.
African rock pythons are the largest snake in Africa, but now some have been found in Florida. They can eat goats, warthogs, and even crocodiles. In Florida, they are an invasive species.
Southern African Python (Python natalensis). The snake pictured is a representative of a species discussed in the USGS snake risk assessment. This snake was photographed in its native range.
Southern African Python (Python natalensis). The snake pictured is a representative of a species discussed in the USGS snake risk assessment. This snake was photographed in its native range.
Reticulated python (Broghammerus/Python reticulatus) in Indonesia. Photo ©Bjorn Lardner, Colorado State University. Used with permission.
Reticulated python (Broghammerus/Python reticulatus) in Indonesia. Photo ©Bjorn Lardner, Colorado State University. Used with permission.
Title: Invasive Species - Lizards, Treesnakes, and Burmese Pythons, Oh My!
By Amy A. Yackel Adams and Andrea F. Currylow
Title: Invasive Species - Lizards, Treesnakes, and Burmese Pythons, Oh My!
By Amy A. Yackel Adams and Andrea F. Currylow
A Burmese python stretched out in the grass in the Everglades.
A Burmese python stretched out in the grass in the Everglades.
A Burmese python coiled in the grass in the Everglades.
A Burmese python coiled in the grass in the Everglades.
Team of scientists working together to insert a tracking device in a 14 foot Burmese python.
Team of scientists working together to insert a tracking device in a 14 foot Burmese python.
This 16 1/2-foot python, being removed from the wild by USGS and NPS personnel, was captured in a thicket in Everglades National Park in May 2012.
This 16 1/2-foot python, being removed from the wild by USGS and NPS personnel, was captured in a thicket in Everglades National Park in May 2012.
Big Ol‘ Gal
African rock pythons are the largest snake in Africa, but now some have been found in Florida. They can eat goats, warthogs, and even crocodiles. In Florida, they are an invasive species.
African rock pythons are the largest snake in Africa, but now some have been found in Florida. They can eat goats, warthogs, and even crocodiles. In Florida, they are an invasive species.
Southern African Python (Python natalensis). The snake pictured is a representative of a species discussed in the USGS snake risk assessment. This snake was photographed in its native range.
Southern African Python (Python natalensis). The snake pictured is a representative of a species discussed in the USGS snake risk assessment. This snake was photographed in its native range.
Reticulated python (Broghammerus/Python reticulatus) in Indonesia. Photo ©Bjorn Lardner, Colorado State University. Used with permission.
Reticulated python (Broghammerus/Python reticulatus) in Indonesia. Photo ©Bjorn Lardner, Colorado State University. Used with permission.