Turns out, though, that ball pythons are in the same family as the boa constrictor. Both types coil around their prey and suffocate them before eating them. Contact Lisa Fernandez at 408-920-5002.

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.

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.

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.

What is a ball python? And why isn't this 'nice cousin' to the Burmese hunted during the Florida Python Challenge? We explain the details.

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

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.

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