The world’s largest python found in Indonesia has been named Ibu Baron.
The world’s largest python has been found in Indonesia. Guinness World Records has also put its seal of approval on this. It has been given the title of the world’s longest python. Guinness World Records has claimed that this is a female python. Its length is 23 feet 8 inches. This python has been kept under the care of conservationist Radu Frentiu.
The female python has been named Ibu Baron. Its pictures and videos are being shared viral on social media. Now the question arises that what is the length of a normal python and how special is the python found in Indonesia?
How special is the world’s largest python?
Frentiu says, “I have never seen such a big snake before. This snake can easily swallow a calf.”Frentiu is a history photographer and has been living in Bali, Indonesia for the last two decades. He says, he has seen many big snakes, but Ibu Baron has broken everyone’s record. Guinness World Records recently confirmed that Ibu Baron was discovered in the Maros region of South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Frentiu learned about the giant python from Diaz Nugraha, a wildlife guide, rescuer and licensed snake trainer. Together they traveled to Sulawesi so that they could see him and measure his height. On January 18, Frentiu and Nugraha weighed and measured Ibu Baron. Documented the entire process through photographs and videos to make it transparent. Its total length from head to tail was measured at 23 feet and 8 inches. The weight of the python was also 96 kg and this weight was on an empty stomach.
Frentieu says the snake’s actual length may be even greater, because it was not anesthetized when measurements were taken. When unconscious, the snake’s muscles completely relax, due to which its length can increase by 10 to 15 percent more.
How big is a common python?
According to the report of St. Diego Zoo Wildlife Explorer, a python can weigh up to 110 kg. Its length can range from 23 inches to 33 feet. Depending on the species, pythons can live in rainforests, grasslands, swamps, forests, rocky areas, desert sand hills or shrublands in Africa, Asia and Australia. They usually feed on mammals, reptiles and birds.
The longest reliably measured wild snake is a female reticulated python dubbed Ibu Baron (The Baroness) discovered in the Maros region of Sulawesi, Indonesia, in late 2025 and measured to be 7.22 m (23 ft 8 in) from head to tail on 18 January 2026 ЁЯРН pic.twitter.com/y2jdbaridA
тАФ Guinness World Records (@GWR) February 4, 2026
How to hunt?
Pythons do not chase their prey. They are hunters who hunt from ambush. They wait until the animal comes close, then the python grabs the prey with its sharp, backwards-curving teeth, wraps the coils of its body around the prey and squeezes tightly. The python opens its flexible jaws wide and swallows its prey whole.
