KEY LARGO (CBSMiami) – We can't end the year without another giant Burmese python capture. Earlier this week, officers from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission were called to a ...

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

A homeowner in Siesta Key found a 12-foot reticulated python near his dock. Joe Volpe said his neighbor called to warn him about the large reptile. At first, he thought his neighbor was exaggerating.

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.