A 1.5-foot-long Checkered Keelback water snake was rescued from inside a parked two-wheeler at Hiranandani Estate on Ghodbunder Road in Thane West on Wednesday, July 8.

According to members of the Wildlife Welfare Association (WWA), the rescue team received a distress call from a resident after the snake was spotted taking refuge inside the scooter. Responding promptly, rescuers conducted a careful search before locating the reptile near the vehicle's front wheel.