Female juvenile python resting on a pond apple tree in Big Cypress National Preserve

Female juvenile python resting on a pond apple (Annona glabra) tree 1.5 meters above ground in May 2022. 

This photo is a part of a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release that provides radiotracking, morphometric, photographic, and video data files associated with a peer-reviewed published manuscript on the arboreal habitat use of Burmese pythons in Big Cypress National Preserve in southern Florida.

McBride, L.M., Kissel, A.M., Yackel Adams, A.A., Sherburne, S.R., Metcalf, M.F., Guzy, J.C., Hart, K.M., Romagosa, C.M., and Sandfoss, M.R., 2026, Morphometric and arboreal habitat use data of Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) and associated digital media files in Big Cypress National Preserve, FL November 2017 to December 2024: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P1UJJNVA.