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Gold Coast Snake Catcher provides the number for a reliable snake catcher in your area. Only snake catchers who provide a 24 hr snake removal service are referred to within the Gold Coast areas. These catchers are fully licensed and comprehensively insured and have demonstrated experience conducting snake removal activities. Contact the number below for your Gold Coast snake catcher.
Suburban properties including canal estates are typical of these suburbs which cater for a number of highly successful suburban snake species. Like most suburbs of the Gold Coast the snake catcher for Runaway Bay, Biggera Waters, Arundel and Labrador has recorded the Eastern Brown Snake in all of these localities. Other snakes favored by this complex suburban environment include the Common Tree Snake and The Carpet Python. The latter poses significant problems for small pets such as birds and guinea pigs which are not housed in snake proof enclosures.
A careful watch of any snake sighted in your yard or premises is paramount. Please continue to have a designated person keep continual eye on the snake until our Gold Coast Snake Catcher arrives
The following list is of all species of elapid (venomous land snakes) known to have been reliably recorded within the Gold Coast Region, including the Hinterland and immediately adjacent areas to the west. These records include actual museum specimens lodged in collections or those recorded by well-respected experts in the field of snake taxonomy and subsequent identification.
Species Name | Scientific Name | Captured | Likely to occur or recorded |
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Eastern Brown Snake | Pseudonaja textilis | Y | Recorded |
Red-bellied Black Snake | Pseudechis porphyriacus | Y | Recorded |
Yellow-faced Whip Snake | Demansia psammophis | Y | Recorded |
Spotted Black Snake | Pseudechis guttatus | N | Unlikely |
Rough-scaled Snake | Tropidechis carinatus | N | Unlikely |
Stephens Banded Snake | Hoplocephalus stephensii | N | Unlikely |
White Crowned Snake | Cacophis harriettae | Y | Recorded |
Dwarf Crowned Snake | Cacophis krefftii | P | Possible |
Golden Crowned Snake | Cacophis squamulosus | P | Possible |
Eastern Small-eyed Snake | Cryptophis nigrescens | Y | Recorded |
Marsh Snake | Hemiaspis signata | Y | Recorded |
Death Adder | Acanthophis antarcticus | N | Unlikely |
Coastal Taipan | Oxyuranus scutellatus | N | Unlikely |
Bandy Bandy | Vermicella annulata | N | Possible |
Red-naped Snake | Furina diadema | N | Unlikely |
Pale-headed Snake | Hoplocephalus bitorquatus | N | Unlikely |
Tiger Snake | Notechis scutatus | N | Unlikely |
captured by the snake catcher Gold Coast or likely to occur in one or more these localities
The following list is of all non-venomous snake species known to have been reliably recorded within the Gold Coast Region, including the Hinterland and immediately adjacent areas to the west. These records include actual museum specimens lodged in collections or those recorded by well-respected experts in the field of snake taxonomy and subsequent identification. Snake families represented here include:
Species Name | Scientific Name | Captured | Likely to occur or recorded |
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Carpet Python | Morelia spilota mcdowelli | Y | Recorded |
Spotted Python | Antaresia maculosa | N | Unlikely |
Common Tree Snake | Dendrelaphis punctulata | Y | Recorded |
Brown Tree Snake | Boiga irregularis | Y | Recorded |
Keelback Snake | Tropidonophis mairii | Y | Recorded |
Blind Snake | Ramphotyphlops sp. | Y | Recorded |
These fighting Carpet Python males were spotted in the backyard of a property in Biggera Waters mid September of this year. The resident noticed the pair when he went to hang out the washing on a Thursday morning and found them fighting. Late August - September sees the beginning of Carpet Python breeding season so this is the peak time to see such displays. The two males were removed within 30 minutes of the call being received and were successfully relocated within suitable habitat. Although non venomous, Carpet Pythons can still strike with a painful bite. It is recommended that care be taken around snakes to avoid any negative encounters. If left unprovoked this species generally keeps to themselves and natural behaviours such as this dissipate when left undisturbed with the snakes usually moving on. To ensure the safety of yourself and anyone present around all snake species it is best to contact a trained and experienced snake catcher.