A novice animal rescue officer in Indonesia was injured after being bitten twice by a snake while learning to remove it from a kitchen.

Footage filmed in Bukittinggi city on Saturday (January 22) shows a green vine snake, about five-feet-long, perched on a kitchen wall hanger.

Riki, an animal rescue officer from the Bukittinggi Reptile Animal Community (B-Reptanic), then tries to grab the snake by its tail, with the guidance of a senior animal rescuer.

After several failed attempts, during which the snake bit Riki's hands, the reptile is caught.

Two scars from a snake bite were seen in Riki's hand with the snake's teeth left stuck in his hand. Luckily vine snakes are non-venomous and their bites are only likely to itch.

Riki said: "The snake jumped at me. My hands in front of my chest when I wanted to move to catch him, he first attacked and bit my hand. Yes, as I was just learning to catch snakes,"

After captured, the snake brought by the B-Reptanic community to its headquarters to quarantined. Snakes will be released back to their natural habitat if the condition of the snake is possible.

Novice animal rescue officer in Indonesia injured after being attacked and twice bitten by snake while learning to catch and evacuate a snake that suddenly resided in the kitchen of a resident's home.

Footage filmed in Bukittinggi city on Saturday (January 22) shows a green snake 1.5 meters long or about 5 ft crawling on a kitchen wall hanger nails.

Riki, an animal rescue officer from the Bukittinggi Reptile Animal Community (B-Reptanic) who is learning to catch snakes by holding his tail.

Background sound heard by a senior animal rescuer guiding Riki to hold the body of a snake, but when trying to catch it an aggressive snake grabs Riki's hand.

Riki tried again to catch the snake, but the snake attacked again his hand.

Snake finally caught and wrapped around the hands.

Two scars from a snake bite were seen in Riki's hand with the snake's teeth left stuck in his hand.

"The snake jumped at me. My hands in front of my chest when I wanted to move to catch him, he first attacked and bit my hand. Yes, as I was just learning to catch snakes," Riki said.

Luckily, the snake that attacked the officers was Vine snakes or Asian vine-snake (Ahaetulla prasina), a type of non-venomous snake. The impact of a bite wound will only result in itching.

The snake was suspected enter the kitchen through ventilation as the bamboo clump's habitat behind the house was cut down for land clearing.

After captured, the snake brought by the B-Reptanic community to its headquarters to quarantined. Snakes will be released back to their natural habitat if the condition of the snake is possible.