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 reportedly saw what he thought was a diamond python, a nonvenomous species of constrictor that resides on Australia’s east coast, and decided to bring it home.

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 ...

The snake had wedged itself behind the front wheel of a car and had to be dragged out by a local snake catcher to be released back into the wild.

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.