![]() The heaviest tend to be females, but their weight can vary greatly depending on how many eggs they carry, how recently they’ve eaten, and the size of their last meal. Across their native range in southeast Asia, the nonvenomous constrictors can grow longer than 20 feet and weigh as much as 200 pounds. ![]() Now, the invasive snakes slither in the tens of thousands all across South Florida.īurmese pythons are one of the largest snakes in the world. It was the first Burmese python ever removed from the area. In October of 1979, while on a first date, retired Florida park ranger Jam Massey found an 11-foot, 9-inch road-killed python along the Tamiami Trail in Everglades National Park. ![]() At 215 pounds, this nearly 18-foot long Burmese python is the heaviest wild specimen ever captured in Florida. ![]()
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