Southern African Python
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....
Location: USA

Green Anaconda
Green anaconda in Brazil. The snake pictured is a representative of a species discussed in the USGS snake risk assessment. This snake was photographed in its native range. ...
Location: Brazil

Yellow Anaconda
Yellow anaconda in Argentina. The snake pictured is a representative of a species discussed in the USGS snake risk assessment. This snake was photographed in its native range....
Location: Argentina

Deschauensee’s Anaconda
Deschauensee’s Anaconda (Eunectes deschauenseei). The snake pictured is a representative of a species discussed in the USGS snake risk assessment. This snake was photographed in its native range....
Location: USA

Beni Anaconda (Eunectes beniensis)
Beni or Bolivian Anaconda (Eunectes beniensis). Photo by Lutz Dirksen, www.anakondas.de. Used with permission. ...
Location: Bolivia

Reticulated python (Python reticulatus)
Reticulated python (Broghammerus/Python reticulatus) in Indonesia. Photo ©Bjorn Lardner, Colorado State University. Used with permission....
Location: , SE Sulawesi, USA

Climate Map for Northern African Python: Areas Potentially Suitable for Invasion
The Northern African Python ( Python sebae ) occurs naturally in a diverse collection of localities in central Africa. The climate-matched portions of the U.S. include peninsular Florida, extreme south Texas, Puerto Rico (right inset), Hawaii (left inset), and the other island territories (not show...
Location: USA

Implanting a Radio Transmitter in a Burmese Python
Researchers implant a radio transmitter in a 16-foot, 155-pound female Burmese python (Python molurus) at the South Florida Research Center, Everglades National Park. Radio-tracking builds understanding of where pythons spend their time and therefore where they can be controlled in practice. Photo c...
Location: USA

Burmese python, a Giant Constrictor Snake
Burmese python (Python molurus). Photo courtesy of Roy Wood, National Park Service....
Location: USA

An Invasive Boa Constrictor at a Miami County Park
Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor) at a county park in southeastern Miami. Photo courtesy of Mike Rochford, University of Florida. Used with permission. ...
Location: USA

Invasive Burmese Python on Her Nest in South Florida
A female Burmese python (Python molurus) on her nest with eggs. Photo by Jemeema Carrigan, University of Florida. Courtesy of Skip Snow, National Park Service. Used with permission. ...
Location: USA

Yellow Anaconda Captured at Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida
Yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus) specimen captured at Big Cypress National Preserve. Photo courtesy of Skip Snow, National Park Service....
Location: USA

A Burmese Python and an Alligator Encounter in South Florida
A Burmese python (Python molurus) peeks over the head of an alligator that holds the python’s body in its mouth in Everglades National Park. Photo courtesy of Lori Oberhofer, National Park Service. ...
Location: USA

Measuring the Length of a Captured Burmese Python
Skip Snow (National Park Service) measures the length of a captured Burmese python (Python molurus) at the South Florida Research Center, Everglades National Park. Photo courtesy of Lori Oberhofer, NPS. ...
Location: USA

Alligator and Python Struggle
An American alligator and a Burmese python locked in a struggle to prevail in Everglades National Park. This python appears to be losing, but snakes in similar situations have apparently escaped unharmed, and in other situations pythons have eaten alligators....
Location: FL, USA

Native Python Range (in U.S.)
Areas of the continental United States with climate matching that of the pythons' native range in Asia....
Location: USA

Projected Python Range (in U.S.)
Projected climate in the continental United States in the year 2100, based on global warming models, that matches climate in the pythons' native range in Asia....
Location: USA