This is the amusing moment a woman and a snake scared each other when the reptile entered a home in southern Thailand.

CCTV footage shows the cheeky reptile slithering into the living room where a woman was sleeping on a sofa in Songkhla province on April 28.

The woman who was using her smart phone when she noticed the snake and was startled. The snake was frightened as well and quickly slithered further into the house.

House owner Jantarugsee Acharaparn said: "I was really scared but I did not expect that the snake would be startled too."

The snake was removed from the house by kind neighbors afterward.

This is the amusing moment a woman and a snake scared each other when the reptile entered a home in southern Thailand.

CCTV footage shows the cheeky reptile slithering into the living room where a woman was sleeping on a sofa in Songkhla province on April 28.

The woman who was using her smartphone noticed the snake and was startled. The snake was frightened as well and quickly slithered further into the house.

House owner Jantarugsee Acharaparn who was the woman in the video said: 'I was really scared but I did not expect that the snake would be startled too.'

The snake was removed from the house by kind neighbours afterwards.