Giant python found hanging from the door of the Bonogin family’s Gold Coast home

A family is horrified after finding a huge snake fighting its way through their front door.

The family spotted the snake, believed to be a carpet python, just outside their Bonogin home, southwest of the Gold Coast, on Wednesday night.

Images taken by one of the family members show how the dog examines the more than two meter long python.

Although it is on the other side of a glass door, the animal keeps its distance from the huge reptile.

The python is seen leisurely sliding down the door without seeming to pay any attention to the dog as it slowly descends to the ground.

The mother of the family screamed when she first encountered the python.

“Mom had just finished a meeting when she saw it and screamed,” the woman said 9News.

The scream caught the attention of her family who quickly ran to see the commotion.

“Then the children hurried to see it,” the woman said.

The family quickly called snake catchers to get the reptile out of the house, but they “couldn’t find it because it had gone into the bushes in the meantime.”

The snake is believed to be a carpet python, a nonvenomous snake that usually eats smaller prey at night.

Carpet pythons are known to be one of the largest species of python, they grow to about 3 meters in length, but they are non-venomous and rarely attack humans (stock image)

Instead of poison, carpet pythons kill prey such as rabbits, possums and small birds by constricting them with their large bodies.

They are believed to be one of the largest known species of python, reaching about three meters in length.

They inhabit the extreme north coast of New South Wales to the extreme north coast of Queensland, but they are most common in southeastern Queensland.

They are usually harmless to humans, but have been known to sometimes prey on small children or attempt to attack those they perceive as a threat.