Scary moment a snake slithers through a shower drain inside a luxury Bali villa – as a catcher reveals the serpents are ‘hatching everywhere’
- Black wolf snake slithered out of a drain at a plush up-market resort in Bali
- Man dropped the shower head in shock then picked it up and sprayed the reptile
- Angry snake came at him fast as if to strike before the man fled and shut the door
A snake has been spotted slithering up from a shower drain inside a luxurious Bali villa.
A holidaymaker captured a picture of the snake as it rose from the drain in the villa in the popular tourist spot Canggu early on Friday.
He spotted half of the small, black creature making its way out of the drain and moving up the shower wall.
A snake (pictured) has been spotted slithering up from a shower drain inside a luxurious Bali villa
A holidaymaker captured a picture of the snake (pictured) as it rose from the drain in the villa in Canggu early on Friday
‘I dropped the shower head and ran back into my bedroom,’ the man said.
The man did not try to pick it up to remove it as he did not know if it was venomous.
The man said he grabbed the shower head and tried to spray the snake in an unsuccessful attempt to force it back down the drain.
‘But that only angered it and it came at me, fast’ he said.
‘It just pulled its head up and sort of lunged at me… I hate snakes so refused to go back into the bathroom that night, I just covered up the bathroom door opening with a towel.
‘When I checked for it in the morning it had gone back down the drain,’ he said.
The man reacted the right way according to snake catcher Ron Lilley who said it is not safe to handle snakes in Bali.
‘You should never need to use your hands to hold or restrain a snake here… If you are feeling confident, use a long handled broom to sweep it outside,’ he said.
Mr Lilley identified the snake as the common wolf snake.
‘They are hatching everywhere at the moment,’ he said.
The luxury villa complex in Canggu, Bali where the unwelcome reptile made his appearance
‘These small snakes frequently find their way into houses to eat small geckos, drink water and stay cool in this hot dry weather.’
The wolf snake, also known as the Oriental wolf snake, is not considered dangerous to humans although it has a nervous temperament and is likely to bite if handled.
It has enlarged front teeth like canines, which are not used to inject venom.
Their true fangs which poison their prey are hidden near the back of their mouths.
Wolf snakes can be jet black, reddish brown or speckled in camouflage designed to blend in to a forest floor habitat and is found from Indonesia to Bangladesh and throughout southeast Asia.