This is the heart-stopping moment a lizard launches an attack on a teenager who was filming it.<br /><br />Poppon Summat, 19, spotted the tokay gecko crawl inside the square railing at his college this afternoon (June 15) at 1.30pm local time in Bangkok. <br /><br />The inquisitive engineering apprentice followed the reptile and climbed on a stool to look inside. He started filming the creature as it cowered at the bottom of the rusty beam. <br /><br />But the angry lizard suddenly spread its jaws to show its pink tongue - and scampered up the side at lightning speed before LEAPING at his nose. <br /><br />The youngster escaped injury but said his ''heart leapt out of his skin'' as he jumped back after the incident. <br /><br />He said: ''I was eating rice at lunch and went up to the technology department. I glanced over and saw the gecko's head. I walked over to take a video of it but the post was high, so I used a stool to stand on top.<br /><br />''I couldn't see the lizard, because it was hiding at the bottom. Then it suddenly ran up at me. I thought 'OK, now I see you.'<br /><br />''I couldn't believe what it did when it tried to bite me. It touched my face but the only reason it didn't get my nose was that I had my phone in front of me and I used it to protect myself.<br /><br />''It really gave me a big shock. I jumped down from the chair. I was too scared to look inside again in case it did the same.''<br /><br />++CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: THIS VIDEO HAS BEEN LOOPED++
