Originally part of the aforementioned Python genus, two species, the reticulated python and the timor python, were later placed into their own genus, Malayopython, in 1975.

They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat.

Wildlife officials in South Florida are testing a new tool in their battle against Burmese pythons: robotic rabbits.