The reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus) is the longest snake in the world, regularly reaching over 6.25 metres in length.It is the longest of the 39 species in the family Pythonidae. The ...

Police have been forced to pursue a 12-foot-long python prowling the streets of the West Midlands. The yellow snake was spotted in Harwood Street, West Bromwich, around 1.30am on Tuesday September 5.