The python was just 8 inches short of being the largest caught, state officials said.

EVERGLADES — An 18-foot-long Burmese Python will no longer wriggle through the Everglades.



On Tuesday, Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission removed the invasive species from the Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area of the Everglades, which is west of Interstate 75 in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.



The snake is the third-largest python captured on record by the FWC, a spokesman said. The largest python was bigger by 8 inches and captured in Miami in 2013.



The FWC allows for Burmese Pythons to be killed without a permit or hunting license, according to their website.



Once captured, Pythons are typically killed by gunshot or by inserting something sharp into the brain.







