2025 Florida Python Challenge Now Underway in Everglades National Park Through June 20

Competition runs July 11 to July 20

The Florida Python Challenge is an exciting conservation effort that helps protect the rare Everglades habitat and the animals that inhabit it from these invasive, non-native snakes.

Registration is now open for the Python removal competition, which begins at 12:01 a.m. on July 11 and ends at 5 p.m. on July 20.

Register HERE.

The competition will be held in the Everglades National Park.

The Florida Everglades is an extraordinary ecosystem unlike any other in the world. It is home to a diverse array of rare and unique wildlife, including a variety of native birds, mammals, fish, and reptiles.

However, some reptiles, such as the invasive Burmese python, do not belong in this ecosystem and pose a significant threat to native wildlife.

Florida is seeking individuals to assist in conserving native wildlife through Burmese python control efforts. Are you up to the Challenge?

You can participate in the Florida Python Challenge as a Novice or Professional. Separate prizes are awarded for each category, with special recognition and prizes given to veteran and active members of the U.S. Armed Forces.

All participants must register individually. Participants who wish to work as a team must register as individuals and each pay the $25.00 fee. Pythons may only be submitted under the name of an individual participant.

Prize determination is based upon submissions from individual participants and will not be based on submissions from an entire team.

All Florida Python Challenge participants must read the Rules, take the free Required Online Training, and pass the quiz with at least an 85% before registering.

Learn more about opportunities to remove pythons.

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