Why aren’t there Burmese python cases south of Florida into South America, assuming the further south you go the better the climate for these constrictors! Would they not be considered as an invasive species and cause havoc to the local wildlife like lets say in Costa Rica

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Why aren’t there Burmese python cases south of Florida into South America, assuming the further south you go the better the climate for these constrictors! Would they not be considered as an invasive species and cause havoc to the local wildlife like lets say in Costa Rica

In: Biology

Answer 1

Costa Rica has large native snakes, so they also have predators that eat the snakes. Florida doesn’t, so there are no natural controls on the python population.