A loose venomous cobra is terrorizing this Texas suburb

You know the work of the Houston tiger... Now meet the Grand Prairie cobra.

Officials are warning residents of the Dallas suburb about a pet venomous West African Banded Cobra that has gotten loose from its home.

FOX 4's Macy Jenkins reports that the cobra's owner called animal services on Tuesday to report that his cobra had escaped while building an in-home enclosure for the snake. The cobra has been missing since 5 p.m. on Tuesday.

"If we would have just had a lock on the cage… There wasn't a lock," the unnamed owner told FOX 4. "And it could have simply been handled."

Grand Prairie Animal Services, the owner and a venomous snake apprehension professional could not locate the snake that night after searching in and around the house.

Grand Prairie police are asking residents to call and report any snakes they see believed to be the missing cobra without approaching or attempting to capture the snake.

Luckily, the snake is unlikely to bother anyone that doesn't bother it and is probably just out chilling in the shade somewhere.

"Don’t get overhyped. It’s not going to chase you down, anything like that," Randall Kennedy with Dallas Fort Worth Wildlife told FOX 4. "If you step on it, it’s going to bite you. If you grab it, it’s going to bite you. Other than that, you’re pretty safe."

But if it does get you... the bite is possibly fatal depending on your body type, and there is no antivenom available for the cobra's poison.

This isn't the first time a cobra has gotten loose in Texas. Back in 2015, a cobra bit and killed its owner before getting loose in Lowe's parking lot in Austin. The cobra was found after several days and the owner's death was eventually ruled a suicide.

Avoid running into any snakes if you're headed to Grand Prairie anytime soon—a good rule for anywhere in Texas, in fact.