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.