Burmese Pythons in Florida: A New Hot Spot Raises Alarms

Invasive Burmese pythons have slithered to a new location in South Florida, establishing a colony outside the previously established core range, according to wildlife officials.

Historically, Burmese python populations in South Florida were centered in Everglades National Park in Miami-Dade County, but they eventually became established from Lake Okeechobee to Key Largo and from western Broward County west to Collier County, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).

A new satellite population has since emerged. Burmese pythons are now considered established in a portion of western Charlotte County, situated north of Naples and Fort Myers on Florida's Gulf Coast, a spokesperson for the FWC told ABC News.