This is the dramatic moment traffic officers pulled out a reticulated python that was hiding under a car in the Philippines.

Guards and passers-by hauled the reptile out from the vehicle left in a carpark in Alabang, Metro Manila on February 7 morning.

Footage shows how the traffic officers grappled with the beast as it clung tightly to its hiding spot.

The driver said: 'An uninvited guest was found hiding under my car. I was lucky that people saw it and alerted me or I would have took it home.'

The python was later released away from the neighbourhood.

This is the dramatic moment traffic officers pulled out a reticulated python that was hiding under a car in the Philippines.

Guards and passers-by hauled the reptile out from the vehicle left in a car park in Alabang, Metro Manila on February 7 morning.

Footage shows how the traffic officers grappled with the beast as it clung tightly to its hiding spot.

The driver said: 'An uninvited guest was found hiding under my car. I was lucky that people saw it and alerted me or I would have took it home.'

The python was later released away from the neighborhood.