The military staff posted on Facebook that the first snake found was a ball python in a barracks and the second was a red tailed boa in the parking lot.

Runaway pet boas and pythons, and possibly some zoo escapees, have fueled the spread of invasive snakes across the island and US territory.

Ball python Ball pythons are some of the most common pet snakes in existence. They are large, non-poisonous constrictors reaching up to 5 feet long.

Exotic snakes valued at almost $30,000 are missing from a pet store in downtown DeLand.All of the snakes are ball pythons except for one boa and several were females with eggs. DeLand police are ...

A ball python found in the barracks and a red tailed boa found in the parking lot at Camp Lejeune prompted a warning against exotic pets.

CBS 2 reported that this find comes just one week after a ball python was found under a woman's car at Herrick Lake Forest Preserve, about 30 miles away from where the boa constrictor was spotted.

The original write-up encompassed all pythons, including the ball python, a small harmless species that is by far the most popular pet snake.

While attention usually focuses on the Burmese pythons in Florida, green anacondas and boa constrictors have also been spotted in the Sunshine State.

The snake, which is about 62 and hasn’t had contact with a male python in at least 15 years, surprised zookeepers at the St. Louis Zoo. By Concepción de León A 62-year-old ball python gave ...