The huge, reticulated python seized from a residence in Southwestern Nova Scotia is the largest snake seized in recent memory by Department of Natural Resources officers.

The snake is much larger than the python that killed two little boys in Northern New Brunswick.

The Maritime Reptile Zoo in Dartmouth has many reptiles on display, but don’t expect to see the python seized from a home in Yarmouth County.

It was brought to the zoo Monday by Department of Natural Resources officers.

“Roughly, we can guess she is between 18 and 19 feet,” explains zoo curator, Lindsay Giles. “Based on the measurement we were able to get.”

Giles won’t say where the female tiger snake is now, only that it is safe and in quarantine.

The snake is among more than a dozen animals that have been surrendered to their facility since the deaths of two young brothers in New Brunswick.

“We’ve definitely had an influx in calls,” says Giles. “Everything from geckos, to small lizards, ball pythons, anacondas, pythons, turtles, they are coming out everywhere now.”

The python seized on Monday came from a home in Belleville, a small community just east of Yarmouth.

The Department of Natural Resources says when its officers arrived at the home the snake was in a secure enclosure.

It looks like it was well cared for as the snake is in good condition.

“We make our decision about prohibited animals based on health and safety, invasive potential for Nova Scotia ecosystems and the risk to the animals themselves,” explains Bob Petrie of the Department of Natural Resources.

There have been four other major seizures in Canada.

In British Columbia dozens of pythons were euthanized after being taken from a home.

In Ontario, two more separate seizures, including one where 40 snakes were removed from a motel.

“It’s a big mass hysteria, across the world, not just Canada, or Nova Scotia,” adds Giles. “Everybody is worried now about what could happen. We’ve been saying all along that incident in Campbellton is a very isolated incident.”

Giles says larger snakes have a place in zoos where they can be safely housed and displayed for educational purposes.

The Department of Natural Resources is not saying how it found out this python was being kept in a home, or if the owner will be fined.

With files from CTV Atlantic’s Kelland Sundahl