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Burmese pythons that have decimated mammal populations in the Everglades are reproducing now in the Florida Keys, state wildlife officials said Thursday.

No python nests or eggs were found, but the first sightings of hatchlings in the Keys suggest that the invasive snakes have been reproducing in the area, the commission said.

Florida conservationists have captured two massive mama pythons and dozens of hatched and unhatched eggs, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said.

State wildlife officials said they found more evidence of python breeding in August after two hatchlings about 18 inches long were discovered for the first time in Key Largo, according to reports.

Python, eggs and hatchlings taken from Big Cypress National Preserve on July 11, 2022. The two of them shortly thereafter found 18 more live python hatchlings, the agency said.

Florida conservationists have captured two massive mama pythons and dozens of hatched and unhatched eggs, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said.