Officials say a Florida trapper has captured a record-setting python as part of a program to remove the invasive species from the Everglades.

A monster 17-foot python that was captured in the Florida Everglades over the weekend is the largest caught so far under the python elimination program.

The winner of the $10,000 ultimate grand prize this year was Taylor Stanberry, who removed a whopping 60 pythons.

Animals Python hunters find 'once in a lifetime' record-breaking snake The python came in at 18-feet, 9-inches long and weighs 104 pounds.

A 19-foot Burmese python — the longest ever recorded — was caught by local hunters in South Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve this week.

Hunters caught a record-breaking 17-foot-long (5 meters) Burmese python in the Everglades on Dec. 1, but experts say there are likely hundreds of the massive snakes still in hiding.