Serpentoviruses in free-ranging invasive pythons and native colubrids in southern Florida, United States, 2018-2020
The presence of serpentoviruses in Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus)  and native snakes were collected and compiled to characterize serpentovirus in wild free-ranging pythons and free-ranging native snakes within the invasive range of the pythons in southern Florida. Virus presence was tested in 318 pythons and 219 …