“Boa constrictors are not venomous but in the wild they kill animals by squeezing ... “It’s 100 per cent a royal python,” he told The Telegraph after seeing a picture of the snake.

Royal pythons originate from the grasslands of West Africa and use constriction rather than venom to kill their prey. They can grow up to a length of 1.5 metres (almost 5ft). They are known to ...

Native to South and Southeast Asia, Burmese pythons are an invasive species impacting native wildlife in Florida's Everglades.

Volunteers from Knaresborough Exotic Rescue were called to the property by a woman whose partner had left the royal pythons behind when they broke up. Daniel Holmes, from the reptile sanctuary ...