In the world of sports, there’s a saying that’s widely used: Records are meant to be broken.
However, what about in the realm of Burmese Pythons? Which records are the heaviest and longest? Who is monitoring this? What size invasive snakes should ambitious hunters be aiming for in order to get their names on the trophy python scoreboard?
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), the state’s foremost authority on python management, was consulted by the News-Press and Naples Daily News.
Lisa Thompson, the FWC representative for the Division of Species Conservation, states that while not all Burmese pythons may be reported, “we keep records of pythons that were reported to us.”
Photographable moments of proud hunters holding large invasive snakes they have captured are captured in python poses.
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The FWC requests that individuals report removals and sightings at IveGot1.org or by contacting the FWC’s Invasive Species Hotline, 1-888-483-4681.
Python records: As of April 2024, the FWC had recorded and reported the lengths of the following five Burmese pythons.
19 feet is the longest Burmese python ever captured in Florida.
Call me Jake Waleri
Date: 10 July 2023
Location in general: Big Cypress National Preserve
19 feet (579.0 centimeters) in length
Gender: Female
Did you know that the measurement was confirmed by the Conservancy of Southwest Florida?
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Which Florida-caught python is the second longest? Nineteen feet and nine inches
Names: Ryan Ausburn and Kevin Pavlidis
Date: October 3, 2020
Location in general: Big Cypress National Preserve
18 feet, 9 inches (571.5 cm) in length
Gender: Female
Video: Florida records second-longest python capture
Completing the list of the three longest Burmese pythons captured in Florida is.
Width: 18 feet, 8 inches (569.0 cm), length: May 11, 2013, Miami-Dade County
Length: 18, 3 inches (558.6 cm), Sept. 22, 2019 in Big Cypress National Preserve
18 feet, 2 inches (556.3 cm) in length, July 2015, Everglades National Park