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References:

https://journals.ku.edu/reptilesandamphibians/article/view/21867
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.1115226109

Further Reading:
https://neobiota.pensoft.net/article/90439/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3982438/
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2664.12844
https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.3564
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-84641-4
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8239020/
https://research.vetmed.ufl.edu/2023/01/24/uf-veterinarians-discover-new-viruses-in-invasive-pythons-in-florida/
https://bmczool.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40850-021-00098-2
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/377169504_Population_Projections_of_Invasive_Burmese_Pythons_in_the_Florida_Everglades
https://animalbiotelemetry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40317-015-0022-2