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

It’s a problem in Florida mainly because they were very popular as pets for several years.
They either escaped, or were released as they got older and became too large for the owner to care for. This didn’t happen in Costa Rica so it’s not a problem there.

If ball or burmese pythons suddenly become popular as pets in Costa Rica, they’d probably have the same problem.