Python on the loose in Saint-Eustache

Officials in the North Shore municipality of Saint-Eustache are asking people to be on the lookout for a python.

The snake went missing from its home on Landry Street, which is east of Arthur-Sauv Boulevard.

The python is orange and beige in colour and is about 80 centimetres long.

"It is not a venomous snake, and its bite is not dangerous," city officials said in a written statement.

Anyone who sees the snake should call police at 450-974-5300 or the city's animal control servicePatrouille Canine GL at 450-434-9702.

This is the second time in recent weeks that a python has escaped in the greater Montreal area.

Last month, a python went missing in Verdun.It has still not been found.

• Verdun python still on the lam