Figure 3 in Natives bite back: depredation and mortality of invasive juvenile Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) in the Greater Everglades Ecosystem

Figure 3. Necropsy photographs of the juvenile Burmese python (Python bivittatus Kuhl, 1820) foraging death. The python's wounds were consistent in size with those that could be inflicted by the prey item (hispid cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus Say & Ord, 1825) during efforts to capture and subdue. From the top left: (A) python with incision exposing the prey item in situ; (B) exterior wounding on dorsum of snake (white arrows); (C) posterior puncture wound showing proximity to the non-vascularized portion of the right lung (ID tag in orange above scale); (D) anterior puncture wound viewed from within the stomach lining. Subject was discovered in the field on 17 October 2021 in Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida, USA and represents the largest predator:prey size ratio in this size class at 1:1.06. Images by the U.S. Geological Survey.