Burmese Python Florida Map
Scientists from the united states geological survey and the everglades national park analyzed tissue from the tails of around 400 burmese pythons that were captured in florida between 2001 and 2012.
Burmese python florida map. How to identify a burmese python. Nps photo over the last decade snakes from around the world have been turning up in everglades national park. Bivittatus kuhl 1820. The burmese python is now distributed across more than a thousand square miles of southern florida including all of everglades national park and areas to the north including big cypress national preserve and collier seminole state forest.
Hatchling up to 18 ft. This species is introduced in the united states. Burmese pythons are established in the park due to accidental or. Although burmese pythons were first sighted in everglades national park in the 1990s they were not officially recognized as a reproducing population until 2000.
Photos by skip snow nps lori oberhofer nps and bob reed usgs. Native snakes are important to the ecosystem and should be left. However since the end of the 20th century they have become an established breeding population in south florida. A number of burmese pythons have been found in the florida keys but there is not yet confirmation of a.
States counties points list species info. Burmese pythons are tan in color with dark giraffe blotches on the back and sides that are irregularly shaped and ft together like puzzle pieces. Download data to download a subset of this species. Florida s snakes burmese python python molurus nonnative invasive.
Ranges from 2 ft. Starting in the 1980s the swamps of the south florida everglades have been overrun by one of the most damaging invasive species the region has ever seen. Alerts in effect dismiss dismiss view all alerts contact us. Burmese pythons python bivittatus are native to southeast asia.
He and his colleagues encourage female pythons to slither. Burmese pythons have a dark arrowhead shape on top of their head and a dark wedge behind the eye. Despite all the attention on these snakes park visitors are unlikely to see a python in the wild. The burmese python is now distributed across more than a thousand square miles of southern florida including all of everglades national park and areas to the north including big cypress national preserve and collier seminole state forest.
A few stray pythons have been spied. Have swept across southern florida. This map shows credible sightings of burmese pythons in florida as of 10 2019. Login to download data.
Large heavy body is. The burmese python is the best known and most problematic of these snakes.