Snake Catcher Tuggerah — Call The Snake Catchers on 1300 599 938
If you have a snake on your property in Tuggerah, call The Snake Catchers on 1300 599 938. We will dispatch the qualified local catcher who covers the area. The catcher who attends lives and works on the Central Coast. We typically arrive within 30 minutes. While you wait, move pets and children clear of the area, keep a safe distance and do not attempt to handle or trap the snake yourself.
The single most useful thing you can do before our Tuggerah snake catcher arrives is keep your eyes on the snake from a safe distance. A snake watched continuously is straightforward to locate and remove. A snake that disappears may reappear, but if we arrive and cannot find it, we will need to leave without being able to help. You do not need to photograph it or identify the species. Just watch where it goes.
Why Tuggerah Gets the Snake Activity It Does
Tuggerah sits inland of the lake on the western side, anchored by the train station, Westfield and the surrounding residential and apartment development, with light industry and significant remaining bushland on the western side toward Wyong. The mix of commercial precinct, growing residential density and proximity to the Tuggerah Lake catchment produces varied snake work across different property types.
All native reptiles are protected under the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 and must be handled only by a licensed wildlife handler.
Call The Snake Catchers on 1300 599 938 any time for snake removal in Tuggerah and surrounding suburbs.
Diamond Pythons are the snakes we attend most often in Tuggerah, followed by Red-bellied Black Snakes around the Tuggerah Lakes wetland system and connecting creek lines. Green Tree Snakes and Golden-crowned Snakes are also regularly encountered, while Lace Monitors occasionally visit properties adjoining bushland.
The Snake Catchers operates a network of qualified, licensed catchers across New South Wales. The catcher who attends your Tuggerah call lives and works on the Central Coast. They understand the local terrain, species, seasonal movements and properties. Calling 1300 599 938 connects you with them.
Diamond Pythons are the snakes we attend most often in Tuggerah. They are non-venomous but large and powerfully built, with adults reaching between two and three metres. Their black scales are covered with yellow or cream rosette patterns.
The Central Coast is excellent Diamond Python country. Its sandstone, bushland reserves, warm tiled roofs and mature tree canopy provide suitable habitat. Diamond Pythons follow rats and possums into roof cavities, mature gardens and areas around sandstone walls and reserve-facing fences.
They rely on camouflage rather than speed and will often remain still when discovered. Where it is safe for one to remain, our catcher may recommend leaving it in place because Diamond Pythons are beneficial and help control rodents.
Where relocation is necessary, their size and strength mean they should be handled only by a trained professional. Call 1300 599 938.
Red-bellied Black Snakes are regularly encountered around Tuggerah. They are glossy black with red or pink colouring along the underside and lower sides, with adults generally reaching between one and a half and two metres.
These snakes feed heavily on frogs, so increased frog activity after rain and throughout the warmer months often brings them onto residential and commercial properties.
They may be found around drainage lines, creek corridors, pools, pump housings, ponds, water features, damp garden beds and frog-active gullies. Red-bellied Black Snakes are venomous but will generally move away when given enough space.
Green Tree Snakes are commonly encountered in Tuggerah. They are slender, fast-moving snakes that may be bright green or olive, although some individuals are grey or almost black. Most have a distinctive yellow underside.
They are completely non-venomous and are excellent climbers with sharp eyesight. Tuggerah’s bushland reserves, mature trees, established gardens, dense vegetation, pergolas and fence lines provide suitable habitat.
Green Tree Snakes feed on skinks, geckos and frogs and are often seen moving through trees, along fence tops or across pergola beams.
Golden-crowned Snakes are small, nocturnal snakes commonly found around Tuggerah. They generally measure less than 60 centimetres and have a dark brown or olive body with a distinctive pale marking across the head.
They are mildly venomous, but their bites are not considered dangerous to humans. Golden-crowned Snakes are well suited to sandstone retaining walls, deep leaf litter, damp garden corners and other cool, sheltered areas.
They feed on small skinks and frogs and shelter beneath rocks, garden edging and damp leaf litter.
Eastern Blue-tongued Lizards are among the reptiles most frequently reported in Tuggerah. These large, slow-moving native skinks are regularly mistaken for snakes because of their size and the way they flatten their bodies when threatened.
They may hiss and display their bright blue tongues when startled, but they are non-venomous, beneficial and good for the garden. They feed on snails, slugs and insects and often shelter in garages, sheds, garden beds, rockeries and beneath outdoor furniture.
If you have found a large reptile in your shed or garage, there is a good chance it is a Blue-tongue. Send us a photograph if it is safe to take one, and our catcher can usually identify it before attending.
Lace Monitors are found around Tuggerah, particularly on properties adjoining bushland and reserves. The Central Coast’s bushland provides suitable habitat for these large native goannas.
Lace Monitors have grey-black scales with pale cream or yellow banding. Adults can grow to more than two metres, including the tail. Their size means they are sometimes reported as snakes.
They generally pose no danger when left alone but can deliver a serious defensive bite or scratch if cornered. Most sightings resolve themselves. Our catchers attend when one is injured, trapped or has settled somewhere it cannot safely remain.
Eastern Brown Snakes may be encountered around Tuggerah, particularly on drier, more open properties and around industrial or commercial areas.
They are slender, fast-moving and highly venomous, although the risk to anyone who keeps their distance is very low. Eastern Brown Snakes may shelter around sheds, warehouses, garages, woodpiles, foundation gaps, poultry enclosures and stored materials.
If you see one, step back, keep watching where it goes from a safe distance and call 1300 599 938.
The reptiles found around Tuggerah closely reflect the available habitat and food.
Diamond Pythons follow rats and possums into roof cavities, mature gardens and areas around sandstone walls. Red-bellied Black Snakes follow frogs and moisture, concentrating around drainage lines, creek corridors and pool-pump housings.
Green Tree Snakes follow skinks and geckos through pergolas, fence lines and mature vegetation. Golden-crowned Snakes hunt small skinks and frogs in damp leaf litter and beneath sandstone. Eastern Blue-tongued Lizards search for snails, slugs and insects in garden beds and around sheds.
Lace Monitors follow carrion, eggs and rodents from surrounding bushland onto reserve-adjacent properties.
Diamond Pythons: Roof cavities in older tiled-roof homes, particularly gaps beneath eaves and around chimneys; warm sandstone walls and outcrops; behind thick shrubs; along reserve-facing fences; in mature gardens; and in garages or sheds near roof access points.
Red-bellied Black Snakes: Pool-pump housings and pool surrounds; ponds and water features; drainage lines and creek corridors; damp garden beds along boundary fences; beneath decks and verandahs; and around frog-active areas after rain.
Green Tree Snakes: Along fences and fence tops; through pergolas; around rooflines and eaves; in mature trees and shrubs; along garden edges; and throughout established gardens with dense vegetation.
Golden-crowned Snakes: Beneath sandstone retaining-wall caps; in deep leaf litter against buildings; under garden edging, stepping stones and pavers; and in damp, shaded corners behind vegetation.
Eastern Blue-tongued Lizards: In garden beds, rockeries, garages and sheds; behind shrubs; beneath timber, leaf litter and outdoor furniture; and around compost bins.
Lace Monitors: Around pools, on warm decks, in poultry enclosures, near compost heaps, on driveways, along fences adjoining bushland and on reserve-adjacent properties.
Commercial and industrial properties: Beneath pallets, around loading docks, near roller doors, inside warehouses and workshops, around landscaped boundaries, along drainage infrastructure and among stored materials.
Apartment and townhouse complexes: Communal gardens, underground car parks, stairwells, pool areas, lift lobbies, balconies and roof cavities.
Step back and keep watching the snake from a safe distance. Do not attempt to catch, move or contain it. There is no need to approach it for a photograph or try to identify the species.
Call 1300 599 938. We will dispatch a qualified local catcher and talk you through what to do while they are travelling. You do not need to follow the snake, but continue watching where it goes if you can do so safely.
If a Diamond Python is in the roof cavity, there is no need to panic. Pythons are non-venomous, but do not enter the roof or attempt to pull the snake out. Keep the area beneath the roof access clear and call 1300 599 938.
If a snake enters the house, leave the room and close the door behind you if it is safe to do so. Do not move furniture or appliances trying to locate it. Call 1300 599 938 immediately.
If a snake is found in an apartment common area, stairwell, car park, lift lobby, communal garden or pool area, keep residents away and notify building management. Arrange access to any locked common areas and call 1300 599 938.
If a snake is found at a factory, warehouse or other workplace, stop work in the immediate area. Keep staff and customers away, stop nearby machinery and vehicle movements, and do not move pallets, stock or equipment while searching for the snake.
Treat every suspected snakebite as a medical emergency:
Snake-deterrent powders, sprays and ultrasonic devices sold by hardware stores are not effective. Do not waste money on them.
For Diamond Pythons, the most useful step is reducing rat and possum activity in the roof. Seal roof entry points where possible and arrange proper rodent control. Do not attempt to remove a python yourself. They are large and strong and may bite when handled.
For Red-bellied Black Snakes, keep pool-pump housings clear and reduce the shelter available around them. Manage drainage lines and creek corridors where they meet the property and thin dense, damp garden beds along boundaries.
For Green Tree Snakes and Golden-crowned Snakes, reducing deep leaf litter against buildings and trimming dense vegetation around sandstone walls may reduce repeated sightings.
Eastern Blue-tongued Lizards are not pests. They are beneficial native animals and do not need to be removed when they are outside and able to move away safely.
General property maintenance also helps:
Yes. The catcher who attends your Tuggerah call lives and works on the Central Coast. Call 1300 599 938 and you will be connected with someone who knows the local species, terrain and properties.
It depends on where the catcher is when your call comes through, but most Tuggerah calls are attended within around 30 minutes, often sooner.
We will provide an estimated arrival time when the booking is confirmed and talk you through what to do while the catcher is travelling.
The Diamond Python is the snake we attend most often in Tuggerah, particularly in roof cavities and mature gardens.
The Red-bellied Black Snake is also regularly encountered around lakes, wetlands, drainage corridors and creek lines. Green Tree Snakes and Golden-crowned Snakes are regularly attended as well.
Lace Monitors occasionally turn up on properties adjoining bushland and reserves, with the Central Coast supporting a significant population.
Yes, it is a regular occurrence around Tuggerah. Diamond Pythons follow rats and possums into roof cavities, particularly in older tiled-roof homes and on bushland-edge properties.
We attend roof-python calls throughout the year. Do not enter the roof or attempt to pull the python out yourself. A trained catcher can assess the situation and remove it without harming the animal.
Yes. Our local catchers attend apartment buildings, townhouse complexes and strata properties throughout Tuggerah.
Snakes may turn up in:
Diamond Pythons are capable climbers and can appear well above ground level. We can coordinate access with building or strata management as part of the call.
No. Snakes move through properties throughout the Central Coast. A sighting is not necessarily a reflection of how tidy or well maintained the property is.
It generally means the surrounding environment provides food, water, warmth, shelter or a route to somewhere else.
Not usually. Most snakes are solitary, and a single sighting generally involves one animal moving through the area.
There are exceptions. Snakes may come together during breeding or use the same suitable shelter at different times. However, seeing one snake does not mean several are living on the property.
No. Native snakes are protected wildlife in NSW, and several species found around Tuggerah are venomous. This includes the Eastern Brown Snake, Australia’s most dangerous land snake.
Diamond Pythons are non-venomous, but they are large and powerful enough to cause injury when handled. Many snakebites occur when someone attempts to catch, kill or move a snake themselves.
Step back, keep watching where it goes from a safe distance and call 1300 599 938.
Yes. All native snakes, together with Eastern Blue-tongued Lizards, Eastern Water Dragons and Lace Monitors, are protected under the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.
They should be handled and relocated only by appropriately licensed catchers.
Call The Snake Catchers on 1300 599 938. We are available throughout Tuggerah and the wider Central Coast.
