If there's a snake at your home or property in Mosman, call Snake Catcher Mosman 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 Mosman property, call Snake Catcher Mosman 1300 599 938. We're usually on site within around thirty minutes depending on traffic and access, and we operate twenty-four hours across Mosman and the wider Mosman Municipality.
Mosman sits on a peninsula bounded by Sydney Harbour, Mosman Bay and Middle Harbour. Its mature gardens, sandstone retaining walls, established tree canopy and extensive harbour foreshore provide excellent habitat for several reptiles that have adapted particularly well to suburban life.
The reptiles we are most frequently called about in Mosman are Blue-tongued Lizards and Eastern Water Dragons, along with Green Tree Snakes and Golden-crowned Snakes. Green Tree Snakes are non-venomous, while Golden-crowned Snakes are small, mildly venomous and not considered dangerous to people.
Other snake species are virtually unknown in Mosman. The suburb’s reptile activity is overwhelmingly made up of these two small snake species and its abundant native lizards.
Sydney Snake Catcher provides professional snake removal and reptile relocation in Sydney, including homes, apartment buildings, businesses and strata properties throughout Mosman. If you find a snake or reptile that needs to be moved, call 1300 599 938.
Green Tree Snakes are regularly encountered in Mosman’s established gardens. They are slender, fast-moving snakes that may be bright green, olive, grey or occasionally almost black, usually with a yellow underside.
Green Tree Snakes are completely non-venomous. They are excellent climbers and are frequently found moving through shrubs and trees, along fence tops, across pergolas and around rooflines. They feed primarily on skinks, geckos and small frogs.
Although harmless, they sometimes enter homes through open doors and windows or gaps around roofs and garages. If one is somewhere it cannot safely remain, call 1300 599 938.
The Golden-crowned Snake is particularly well suited to Mosman’s sandstone country and established gardens. It is a small, nocturnal snake, usually less than 60 centimetres long, with a dark brown or olive body and distinctive pale markings around the head.
Golden-crowned Snakes shelter beneath rocks, pavers, garden edging, leaf litter and sandstone retaining walls. They feed on small skinks and frogs and are most often encountered at night or when garden materials are moved.
The species is mildly venomous, but bites are not considered dangerous to people. It should nevertheless be left alone and handled only by an experienced snake catcher.
Blue-tongued Lizards are among the reptiles most frequently reported to us in Mosman. Their large bodies, short legs and habit of moving through thick vegetation often lead people to mistake them for snakes.
When threatened, a Blue-tongue may flatten its body, hiss and display its bright blue tongue. Despite this performance, it is harmless and highly beneficial in suburban gardens, where it feeds on snails, slugs and insects.
Blue-tongues commonly shelter in garden beds, garages, sheds, rockeries, beneath outdoor furniture and behind stored materials. Most can simply be left alone. If one is trapped, injured or somewhere unsafe, we can relocate it.
Eastern Water Dragons are common around Mosman’s harbour foreshores, particularly on properties close to the water. These large native lizards are often seen basking on sandstone outcrops, retaining walls, pool surrounds, decks and warm driveways.
Their size and long tail mean they are sometimes reported as snakes when partially hidden in vegetation. Water Dragons are harmless, protected native reptiles, and most sightings do not require intervention.
We attend when a Water Dragon is trapped, injured, inside a building or has settled somewhere it cannot safely remain.
Mosman’s reptile activity is closely connected to the habitat and food available around its established properties.
Green Tree Snakes follow skinks, geckos and small frogs through gardens, shrubs, pergolas and along fence lines. Golden-crowned Snakes also feed on small skinks and frogs, but spend most of their time close to the ground beneath leaf litter, rocks and sandstone.
Blue-tongued Lizards follow snails, slugs and insects through garden beds and around sheds and garages. Eastern Water Dragons are concentrated near the harbour foreshore, swimming pools and sunny sandstone basking sites.
Green Tree Snakes are commonly found:
Golden-crowned Snakes are commonly found:
Blue-tongued Lizards are commonly found:
Eastern Water Dragons are commonly found:
In apartments and townhouse complexes, reptiles may also turn up in stairwells, underground car parks, communal gardens, pool areas, balconies and ground-floor entranceways.
Step back and give the snake space. If possible, keep watching where it goes from a safe distance. Do not attempt to catch, trap or move it yourself.
Call Sydney Snake Catcher on 1300 599 938. We can often identify the species from a clear photograph taken from a safe distance and determine whether attendance is necessary.
If the snake is inside your home, leave the room and close the door behind you. Place a towel along the bottom of the closed door if there is a substantial gap, then call 1300 599 938.
If it is in an apartment common area, stairwell, underground car park or communal garden, keep residents away and contact building management as well as Sydney Snake Catcher. We regularly coordinate reptile relocations with strata managers and building managers throughout Mosman.
Although the snake species regularly encountered in Mosman present a very low risk, every suspected snakebite should be treated as a medical emergency.
If someone is bitten:
Snake-repellent powders, sprays and ultrasonic devices are not effective and should not be relied upon.
If Green Tree Snakes or Golden-crowned Snakes are regularly appearing close to the house, reduce deep leaf litter against the building, trim dense vegetation touching walls and seal gaps around doors, garages, pipes and ground-level openings. Keeping stored materials raised and organised also removes potential shelter.
Blue-tongued Lizards and Eastern Water Dragons are beneficial native animals and generally do not need to be discouraged. Before mowing long grass, moving outdoor furniture or clearing stored materials, check carefully for sheltering reptiles.
For professional snake removal or reptile relocation in Mosman, call Sydney Snake Catcher on 1300 599 938.
How quickly can a snake catcher get to Mosman?
We're usually on site in Mosman 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 Mosman?
Diamond Python is the species we attend most often in Mosman, 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.
Is there a Python in the roof normal in Mosman?
Yes, it's a regular feature of life in Mosman. Diamond Pythons follow rats and possums into roof cavities, particularly in older tiled-roof homes. We attend Python-in-roof calls year-round. The work is straightforward when done by a trained handler and the python is unharmed in the process.
Do you attend apartment buildings and strata properties?
Yes. We regularly attend apartment buildings, townhouse complexes and strata properties across the suburb. Snakes can turn up in stairwells, underground car parks, communal gardens, pool surrounds, lift lobbies and balconies. Diamond Pythons in particular can climb readily and turn up well above ground level. We coordinate with building management and strata where needed.
Did I do something wrong to have a snake on my property?
No. Snakes move through every suburb on the lower North Shore. Your property isn't the reason, it's just on the route. Snake sightings aren't a sign of an unclean property, they just mean the local environment provides food, water, warmth and shelter.
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.
How do I tell a Diamond Python from a Red-belly?
Diamond Pythons are larger and heavier, with a distinctive yellow or cream rosette pattern on a black background, and they tend to stay still when you find them. Red-bellies are slimmer, glossy black with a red or pink underside, and they move away when approached. If you can send through a photo from a safe distance, we can usually identify the species before we arrive.
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 Mosman. 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 Mosman and the wider Mosman Municipality.
