A monocled cobra escaped early Tuesday from a home in Ocala, Florida, police said.

The snake escaped about 3 a.m. from a cage in a home on Northeast 5th Street near Ocala Tuscawilla Park, police said.

The tan and black cobra is highly venomous, officers said.

A resident in the Tuscawilla Park area said police made calls to residents overnight about the missing cobra.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is assisting Ocala police with their investigation.

No other details were given.

Last year, a king cobra escaped from a man's Orlando home and was captured about a month later when a woman found the snake underneath her dryer.

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Helen Gilbert places flowers on her brother Eurie Martin’s grave at Camp Spring Baptist Church in Sandersville. Her brother died eight years ago. Three former Washington County deputies are accused of causing his death and are set to stand trial Monday. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

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