TORONTO - Residents of a downtown Toronto apartment building are being asked to be on the lookout for a missing snake.

A memo from building management posted on the tenants association website says the metre-long snake is a pet.

It adds Toronto Animal and Control says the snake is not poisonous.

The snake is being described as an albino California king, with orange and white markings and a very small head.

Tenants of 100 Wellesley Street East are being asked to contact management if they see the snake.