If there's a snake at your home or property in Clifton Gardens, call Snake Catcher Clifton Gardens 1300 599 938. Stay a safe distance, move pets clear of the area, and keep your eyes on the snake from a safe spot. The single most useful thing you can do before we arrive is maintain visual contact - a snake that's been watched continuously is far easier to locate. A snake that's disappeared will often reappear, but if we arrive and can't find it, we will need to leave. You don't need to take a photo or identify the species, just watch where it goes.
Call Sydney Snake Catcher on 1300 599 938
If you've found a snake on your Clifton Gardens property, call Snake Catcher Clifton Gardens 1300 599 938. We're usually on site within around thirty minutes depending on traffic and access, and we operate twenty-four hours across Clifton Gardens and the wider Mosman Municipality.
Why Clifton Gardens Gets the Snake Activity It Does
Clifton Gardens is a small residential area on a peninsula extending into Sydney Harbour, east of Mosman village. It has significant harbour frontage, established gardens, mature trees, sandstone retaining walls and direct connections to the bushland around Chowder Bay, Clifton Gardens Reserve and Middle Head.
These conditions provide suitable habitat for several native reptiles. The two snakes Sydney Snake Catcher commonly attends in and around Clifton Gardens are Green Tree Snakes and Golden-crowned Snakes. Blue-tongued Lizards and Eastern Water Dragons are also frequently seen, particularly around established gardens and properties close to the harbour foreshore.
The Reptiles We Attend in Clifton Gardens
Green Tree Snake
Green Tree Snakes are regularly encountered in Clifton Gardens. They are slender, fast-moving snakes that may be bright green, olive, grey or almost black, usually with a yellow underside. They are non-venomous and harmless to people.
Green Tree Snakes are excellent climbers and are well suited to the mature trees, established gardens, pergolas and fence lines found throughout Clifton Gardens. They feed primarily on skinks, geckos and frogs and are often seen moving through vegetation, along fence tops or across pergola beams.
Although they are harmless, Green Tree Snakes can move quickly and may bite if grabbed or cornered. If one is somewhere it cannot safely remain, step back and call Sydney Snake Catcher on 1300 599 938.
Golden-crowned Snake
Golden-crowned Snakes are small, nocturnal snakes commonly found around the established sandstone properties of Clifton Gardens. They are generally less than 60 centimetres long, with a dark brown or olive body and a distinctive pale marking across the head.
Golden-crowned Snakes are mildly venomous, but their bites are not considered dangerous to humans. They usually shelter beneath rocks, pavers, garden edging, leaf litter and sandstone retaining walls during the day before emerging at night to hunt small skinks and frogs.
They are secretive snakes and generally try to escape when disturbed. If you find one under something in the garden, put the object back down carefully, move away and call Sydney Snake Catcher on 1300 599 938.
Blue-tongued Lizard
Blue-tongued Lizards are among the reptiles most frequently mistaken for snakes in Clifton Gardens. They are large, slow-moving native skinks that flatten their bodies, hiss and display their bright blue tongues when frightened.
Despite the performance, Blue-tongued Lizards are harmless and beneficial to gardens, where they feed on snails, slugs and insects. They often shelter in garden beds, rockeries, garages, sheds and underneath outdoor furniture.
If you are unsure whether the reptile you have found is a snake or a Blue-tongued Lizard, keep your distance and send Sydney Snake Catcher a clear photograph if it is safe to take one.
Eastern Water Dragon
Eastern Water Dragons are prominent around the Clifton Gardens foreshore. These large native lizards have grey or olive scales, dark banding and long, flattened tails.
They are often seen basking on sandstone outcrops, retaining walls, decks, driveways and around swimming pools on harbour-adjacent properties. Their size and long tails mean they are sometimes reported as snakes, particularly when seen disappearing quickly into vegetation.
Eastern Water Dragons are harmless, protected native animals, and most sightings do not require relocation. Sydney Snake Catcher can assist when one is trapped, injured or has settled somewhere it cannot safely remain.
Which Species Follows What
The reptiles found around Clifton Gardens closely reflect the available habitat.
Green Tree Snakes follow skinks, geckos and frogs through mature trees, dense gardens, pergolas and fence lines. Golden-crowned Snakes hunt small skinks and frogs around damp leaf litter, garden edging, rockeries and sandstone retaining walls.
Blue-tongued Lizards search for snails, slugs and insects in garden beds and around sheds, while Eastern Water Dragons use the harbour foreshore, swimming pools and exposed sandstone as feeding and basking areas.
Where We Find Reptiles on Clifton Gardens Properties
Green Tree Snakes are commonly found:
Golden-crowned Snakes are commonly found:
Blue-tongued Lizards are commonly found:
Eastern Water Dragons are commonly found:
What to Do If You See a Snake in Clifton Gardens
Step back and give the snake plenty of space. Do not try to catch, move or corner it.
The most useful thing you can do is keep watching the snake from a safe distance and note where it goes. A snake that remains in sight is much easier to locate and remove than one that disappears into a garden bed, retaining wall or other hiding place.
Call Sydney Snake Catcher on 1300 599 938. We will talk you through what to do while the catcher is on the way.
If a snake enters the house, leave the room and close the door behind you if this can be done safely. Place a towel along the bottom of the door, keep the area quiet and call us immediately.
Snake Bite First Aid
Treat every suspected snake bite as a medical emergency, even if the snake appeared harmless. Symptoms may take time to develop.
If someone is bitten:
What Actually Reduces Snake Activity on a Clifton Gardens Property
Snake deterrent powders, sprays and ultrasonic devices are not effective. The most practical approach is to reduce the shelter and food available immediately around the house.
Green Tree Snakes are attracted to gardens supporting skinks, geckos and frogs. They also use dense vegetation, fence lines and overhanging branches to move through properties. Trimming heavy vegetation away from the house and keeping outdoor areas tidy can reduce the places where they shelter.
Golden-crowned Snakes favour damp, shaded areas with leaf litter, loose rocks, pavers and gaps in sandstone walls. If sightings are recurring, clear deep leaf litter from around the house, remove unnecessary ground cover and reduce clutter around retaining walls and garden edges.
Other practical measures include:
Clifton Gardens will always support native reptiles because of its mature gardens, sandstone landscape and connection to Sydney Harbour bushland. Most are harmless and play an important ecological role. If a snake is somewhere it cannot safely remain, call Sydney Snake Catcher on 1300 599 938.
How quickly can a snake catcher get to Clifton Gardens?
We're usually on site in Clifton Gardens within around thirty minutes, depending on traffic and access. Sydney Snake Catcher operates twenty-four hours a day across the suburb and the wider Mosman Municipality. Call 1300 599 938.
What's the most common snake in Clifton Gardens?
Diamond Python is the species we attend most often in Clifton Gardens, particularly in roof cavities and around mature gardens. Red-bellied Black Snake is the next most common, along the harbour foreshore and around pool pump housings. Green Tree Snakes and Golden-crowned Snakes are both regularly attended. Eastern Browns are uncommon in this country but do occur.
I have Sydney Harbour frontage. What does that change?
Harbour frontage produces a particular reptile profile. Red-bellied Black Snake activity is heavier than the inland streets because the harbour foreshore concentrates frog populations. Eastern Water Dragons are common along the foreshore and around pool surrounds on harbour-adjacent blocks, and they're often called in as snake sightings before residents realise what they are. Diamond Python movement is also heavier along the foreshore bushland.
Does one snake mean more are nearby?
No. Snakes don't travel in pairs, don't form groups, and don't nest in suburban yards. One sighting almost always means one snake.
Should I try to remove the snake myself?
No. All native snakes in New South Wales are protected wildlife, and the Eastern Brown is clinically the most dangerous land snake in Australia even though it's uncommon in Clifton Gardens. Diamond Pythons aren't venomous but they're large and powerful and they bite when handled. The vast majority of snakebite hospital admissions involve someone trying to catch, kill or move a snake themselves. Step back, keep a visual from a safe distance, and call 1300 599 938.
Are snakes protected in New South Wales?
Yes. All native snakes, plus Blue-tongued Lizards, Eastern Water Dragons and Lace Monitors, are protected under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016. They must be handled and relocated by licensed catchers. Sydney Snake Catcher operates under licence MWL103807.
Sydney Snake Catcher 1300 599 938. Licensed, insured, on call 24/7 across Clifton Gardens and the wider Mosman Municipality.
