This was the cunning moment a lizard played dead to escape from the jaws of a snake. <br /><br />The hapless tokay gecko was captured by the venomous golden tree snake earlier this month in Bangkok, Thailand. <br /><br />As the snake wrapped itself around the lizard it began biting into its lip to slowly subdue it with poison before swallowing it hole.<br /><br />But as the reptile momentarily turned its back, the gecko seized on its lapse of concentration to make a daring escape. <br /><br />Amusing footage shows the gecko quickly scamper away with the snake in pursuit slithering across the road. <br /><br />The snake then accepts defeats and turns back while the lizard runs away victorious after the incident on September 18.<br /><br />Onlooker Tong Fuller, 35, a taxi driver, said: ''The snake was eating the lizard but he was taking some time.<br /><br />''Nobody helped the lizard because that is just nature, the snakes have to eat.<br /><br />''But the lizard was a bit smarter than the snake. It broke free when his opponent wasn't looking. It wasn't his time to be eaten yet.''
