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West arrived to instead find an elephant hawk-moth caterpillar, a species that resembles a snake when it retracts its head and inflates the front of its body.
"They're really interesting animals; that can inflate their front end, and have circular dots along their body, so they're easily mistaken for snakes," West said.
"Fortunately, the caterpillar was fine - and we're very grateful to the caller, who thought they were helping a non-native loose snake. Instead, however, this caterpillar has been returned to the wild, and can look forward to transforming into a beautiful moth!" she said.