(CNN) Australia is famously home to all sorts of exotic animals, including snakes.

However, one woman was still shocked to find a 4.5-meter (14.8-foot) albino Burmese python on her front porch in Oxenford, Queensland, on Monday.

The 50-kilogram (110-pound) snake was large enough to eat a dog, and removing the animal required the specialist skills of snake catcher Tony Harrison.

Harrison told CNN the snake is the biggest he has seen in more than 20,000 call outs since he started his business in 1994.

Burmese pythons are illegal to keep in Australia.

The unfortunate woman who found the snake was so taken aback she was still shaking when Harrison left her property, he said, but the snake catcher soon realized the huge reptile was docile.

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