The results are in from the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, and wildlife officials say hundreds of invasive Burmese pythons were removed from the Everglades during the annual competition.

Experts believe the snake, an 8-foot-long Burmese python, indigenous to Southeast Asia, not native to New Jersey or the U.S. Northeast, is an abandoned pet. The timber rattlesnake colors vary. Some are yellow or brownish and some are black and grey.

8-foot python found living under family’s shed — and X-rays discovered what it ate - The exotic python’s hefty dinner left it with a large belly that proved difficult for rescuers to work around

A children’s python surprises its keeper with a fresh group of tiny eggs ready for the next stage of development. The second-smallest python species is introduced alongside the mother snake and her carefully laid clutch.

A massive 8-foot python was found in a New Jersey backyard​. The 40-pound snake is now safely back in a cage, but not before it gave residents in Freehold a scare.