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AbsoluteApril
at Fri Feb 22 16:30:08 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by AbsoluteApril ]
Here's some more stuff I found searching the net:
Figures for the NPS report of captured pythons was provided by Skip Snow, wildlife biologist, Everglades
here is a report by him, lists all sizes of pythons found from 1979 to present thoughout the Everglades, also pics (for the original poster) of a burmese in the wild incubating eggs:
http://www.icais.org/pdf/2006ppt/SNOW_Skip.pdf
http://www.nps.gov/ever/naturescience/upload/2008%20Florida%20Invaders%20For%20Web.pdf
NPS.gov "Florida Invaders"
Page 4 has a study from 1995 through 2007 with numbers of pythons removed from Everglades.
Also pictures of a captured python full of eggs
a 2006 South Florida Environmental report states:
http://www.espri.org/documents/pdf/Volume1_Chapter9.pdf
"The National Park Service (NPS) staff is spearheading an unparalleled effort to develop a
species-based management plan for pythons in Everglades National Park and in lands managed
by the District in areas along the eastern and northern boundaries of the Park. In July 2005, an
international group of specialized herpetologists convened in South Florida to participate in a
workshop that focused on the issue of pythons in the Everglades. Team leaders are in the process
of drafting a management plan for the Park that will outline specific research needs, educational
needs, management needs, and a plan for early detection and rapid response.
Certain animal species distributions are tracked at a higher level of detail in South Florida,
but not in a consistent cross-taxa manner, and not by any single agency. These exceptions include
varying agency efforts to track detailed distributions of Burmese python (Python molurus
bivittatus), lobate lac scale (Paratachardina lobata lobata), and Mexican bromeliad weevil
(Metamasius callizona). While these single-species monitoring programs are successful in
tracking a specific animal, there is not a coordinated database in the state that spans taxa."
Page 55 details more specifically about the Burmese:
"Since 1995, more than 156 Burmese pythons
have been captured and removed or found dead on the road. In recent years (2003–2005)
individuals of all size classes have been seen with increasing regularity in and around the ENP."
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- Regarding Burms in the Everglades... - ChrisGilbert, Thu Feb 21 10:26:01 2008
- RE: Regarding Burms in the Everglades... - ajfreptiles, Thu Feb 21 12:02:47 2008
- RE: Regarding Burms in the Everglades... - AbsoluteApril, Thu Feb 21 12:19:18 2008
- RE: Regarding Burms in the Everglades... - happysurgeman, Thu Feb 21 12:35:42 2008
- RE: Regarding Burms in the Everglades... - brd, Thu Feb 21 13:01:16 2008
- RE: Regarding Burms in the Everglades... - Snakesatsunset, Thu Feb 21 13:12:47 2008
- RE: CATS!!!!!! - Jeremy Stone, Thu Feb 21 23:13:14 2008
- RE: Regarding Burms in the Everglades... - BOAS_ETC, Fri Feb 22 11:52:13 2008
- Cats? ,,,whatever .. - wstreps, Fri Feb 22 13:32:30 2008
- I recommend... - caparu, Fri Feb 22 15:38:03 2008
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more links and lots of info - AbsoluteApril, Fri Feb 22 16:30:08 2008