A giant python caught along a wildlife-watching trail in Everglades National Park may be the second largest snake ever recorded in the State of Florida, The Orlando Sentinel reported.

The huge serpent, identified as a Burmese Python, measures 18 feet, 3 inches in length and weighs in at 133 pounds. The snake was found along the Shark Valley tram road earlier this month, according to NBC News.

  

Burmese pythons became established in Florida several decades ago owing to the international pet trade. The largest snakes to have been captured in the Everglades have been over 18 feet long and have weighed more than 150 pounds. Snakes of this enormity are capable of ingesting large animals such as deer and alligators. The Everglades National Park is now home to more than tens of thousands of Burmese pythons, according to U.S. Geological Survey officials.

In 2013, the largest-ever snake was captured in Florida. The snake was 18 feet, 8 inches long and weighed 128 pounds, CBS Miami reported.

The giant python was "humanely euthanized," said Everglades National Park spokeswoman, Linda Friar. Researchers conducted a necropsy on the reptile and found that it was a female but had not reproduced this season, according to CBS News.