A python was spotted slithering around a store in the heart of the Big Apple's Diamond District Friday -- just two days after another snake was found on the Upper West Side.

He identified it as a broad-headed snake, a venomous species that closely resembles the non-venomous diamond python, which uses constriction rather than toxins to kill its prey.

An unidentified hiker in Australia was “extremely lucky” after being bitten by what he thought was a harmless diamond python, which he had captured and took home to show his kids ...

Redland's Snake Catcher The snake catchers do not specify the species. There are 14 species of python that live in Australia, including the carpet python, diamond python and scrub python.