Burmese Python

The Burmese python is a large, nonvenomous snake native to parts of South and Southeast Asia. Its brown blotches provide concealment in varied wet and wooded habitats. It captures mammals, birds and other prey with its mouth, then uses coils to restrain them. Pythons swallow food whole and can remain inactive while digesting a substantial meal. Females lay eggs and coil around them during incubation. Introduced Burmese pythons also occur in Florida, where their feeding affects native wildlife.