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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.
The suburbs of Helensvale, Pacific Pines, and Gaven include areas of green space and high density residential landscapes often conducive to numerous snake species. The snake catcher Helensvale, Pacific Pines, and Gaven often catches numerous species here including the highly venomous Eastern Brown Snake with regularity. As a highly venomous and dangerous snake species a snake removal specialist should be called in if relocation is required. Other venomous snake species occurring in these suburbs include the Red-bellied Black Snake, Eastern Small-eyed Snake and the Yellow-faced Whip Snake. The occasional Marsh Snake is also found with regularity in some areas of Helensvale.
Non venomous species present include the Carpet Python and Common Tree Snake which comprise the bulk of snakes seen. Carpet pythons may be non-venomous but can inflict a medically significant injury and should not be interfered with by an inexperience person. Small pets such as Guinea pigs, cats and small dogs are particularly vulnerable and are often taken by large snakes. The Common Tree Snake is a mobile species that is a regular species for removal from inside homes.
Having responded to calls throughout all these suburbs with high frequency we look to attend to your property as soon as possible to assist you with your snake removal needs. It is critical in all cases that the snake be watched at all times to ensure the snake catcher has the best opportunity to catch your snake. Snakes are highly elusive and continued watch is a must to ensure the snake is able to be found and relocated by the snake catcher.
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 porphyriacus | 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 |
This large Brown Tree Snake was found at Pacific Pines, Gold Coast. The snake was noticed by the tenants of this property when they began gardening on a Saturday morning. Once the call was dispatched the snake was relocated within 20 minutes and the tenants received some handy advice on mitigation procedures that could reduce the likelihood of a snake reentering their property. This Brown Tree Snake was relocated close to Nerang Forest as this particular area offers suitable habitat and ideal conditions for this species.