Burmese python on the loose on housing estate

730AM GMT 10 March 2010

The Burmese python is the largest subspecies of the Indian python Photo AP

The immature snake, believed to be ""several feet long"", was seen by a bystander in the undergrowth in Lingswood, Northampton, at around 9.30am on Tuesday.

Police have suggested that whilst it is not well known to be a dangerous species, the savage should not be approached and witnesses should call 999 or the RSPCA.

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It was last seen in a wooded area subsequent to a large housing estate and has so far evaded capture.

A orator for Northamptonshire Police pronounced "Police were called currently at we estimate 9.30am to a reported sighting of what is believed to be a large lizard in the undergrowth.

"It is believed the lizard might be a immature Burmese Python."

The Burmese python is the largest subspecies of the Indian python and one of the 6 largest snakes in the world, local to areas of Southern and Southeast Asia.

They can be found nearby H2O and in trees. Wild people grow to an normal of twelve feet prolonged but can grow to nineteen feet in a little cases.