For­mer T&T Pres­i­dent An­tho­ny Car­mona got a big sur­prise yes­ter­day, when he found a maca­juel snake curled up in one of the rooms at his Roberts Hill home in Fyz­abad.

The huge rep­tile curled it­self up against a wall in a cor­ner, amongst sev­er­al items which had been laid out around the room.

Car­mona im­me­di­ate­ly called Em­per­or Val­ley Zoo of­fi­cials, who ar­rived at his home a short while lat­er and re­moved the rep­tile.

How­ev­er, it seems the rep­tile may have sought refuge in Car­mona’s home af­ter be­ing in­jured. The zoo of­fi­cial who went to re­trieve the rep­tile not­ed that it had been chopped on the body.

Ac­cord­ing to a state­ment by the zoo, the snake will be re­ha­bil­i­tat­ed then re­leased in­to the wild in Ch­aguara­mas.

The for­mer pres­i­dent said it was a very ma­jes­tic snake and that the area is known for its vi­brant wildlife, where agouti abound.

The Em­per­or Val­ley Zoo said this was the third size­able snake to be caught in the Roberts Hill area.