The longest recorded reticulated python was discovered in 1912 and measured 10 meters, or about 32.8 feet, long. This snake was longer than the height of a giraffe, says the Natural History Museum.

The African rock python, the continent’s largest snake, can reach lengths of 10 to 16 feet (up to 6 meters). Native to sub-Saharan Africa, it ranks among the world’s most formidable constrictors.