ARLINGTON, Va. -- A man has been treated and released from the hospital after a snake he found in his suitcase bit the palm of his hand, authorities said.

Andy Bacas was released from Inova Fairfax Hospital Tuesday morning. Doctors said he should make a full recovery.

Arlington County Fire and Rescue was called to the 3400 block of North Venice Street on Monday because of a snake bite. Fire and Rescue and animal control neutralized the snake and removed it from the scene. A fire extinguisher was used to freeze the snake.

Bacas, an Arlington County Public Schools coach, was taken to Inova Fairfax Hospital in fair condition.

Bacas had just returned from a bus trip to a camp in South Carolina with the Yorktown High School boys' crew team he coaches, and the snake was in his suitcase when he opened it.

Arlington County naturalists positively identified the snake as a juvenile canebrake rattlesnake. The snakes are common in South Carolina but not in Virginia, where they are an endangered species.

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"It does not belong here," said Arlington County senior naturalist Greg Zell. "It's not its natural habitat. They do occur in Virginia, but only in the southeast corner of Virginia."

Bacas' high school crew team spoke out about what happened to its coach.

"Those bags might have been outside for an hour," crew coach Drew Thiemann said. "I don't think it was even that long. I can only imagine that that's when that happened. Some snake came out of the woods or came out of the rocks and slithered into his bag."

"That's just something where it's one in a million chance," crew member James Herring said. "You're just unlucky."

Crew practice was canceled on Monday afternoon when the team learned of the accident.

"What we were told to do if we find a snake, just back up, not too fast," crew member Laus Schmidt-Rose said. "Leave the room and get someone to help you."

Wildlife experts said the snake was most likely seeking warmth when it slithered into Bacas' bag.

Animal control used a fire extinguisher to freeze the snake, which killed it.