A record-breaking 19ft Burmese python has been caught in Naples, Florida.<br /><br />A 22-year-old, who was part of an amateur team of python hunters, found the huge snake in the early morning of 10 July.<br /><br />The team took the reptile to the Conservancy of Southwest Florida’s python team to document their find.<br /><br />The snake measured 19ft long and weight 125 pounds - officially the longest ever documented in Florida. The previous record was 18 feet 9 inches.<br /><br />Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida. Since being set up a decade ago, the Conservancy of Southwest Florida has removed more than 30,000 pounds of python from an approximately 150 square mile area in the state.