A few days ago, when the thread on exotic hots, which morphed into Burmese pythons & their existence in south Florida was going on, I e-mailed the FWCC & asked if they had any proof of P. m. bivittatus being established in the state. Below is the response I received today. ~~Greg~~

Although the presence of newborn pythons and unhealed umbilical scars was compelling, there was no direct evidence of Burmese breeding in Everglades National Park ... UNTIL... two weeks ago when park biologist Skip Snow found a large female brooding 46 eggs. When I last spoke with Skip, he had inspected half the eggs and found viable embryos and was set to check the remaining eggs.

So let the doubting Thomases know.

Scott Hardin
Exotic Species Coordinator

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