The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission seeks the public's assistance in documenting the elusive rainbow snake, ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is asking Floridians to report sightings of rainbow snakes, a ...

The python's head was as big as a garden spade, lunging at hunter once, twice, before sinking its recurved teeth into his arm.

The elusive rainbow snake is a nonvenomous species, whose population has declined in recent decades, according to the wildlife commission.

“We all came across this giant snake in the road at the exact same time,” recalled Elfenbein, who said the snake initially looked so big that they thought it was an alligator.