Call Sydney Snake Catcher on 1300 599 938
If you've found a snake in your Kellyville garden, on a path, near the driveway or anywhere else on the property, call 1300 599 938. We're usually on site within around thirty minutes depending on traffic and access, and we operate twenty-four hours across Kellyville and the wider Hills Shire. When a snake appears unexpectedly, the right move is straightforward. Step back, give it room, call us, and let us handle it.
Kellyville was farmland until relatively recently, and parts of it still are. The suburb sits across one of the largest growth corridors in Sydney, with new residential estates pushing into Cumberland Plain woodland and grazing country that supported resident snake populations long before the houses arrived. Smalls Creek, Caddies Creek and the connecting drainage corridors thread through the suburb, feeding into the wider catchment that connects through to Bella Vista, Rouse Hill, North Kellyville and the Glenhaven bushland edge. The result is a high-volume snake catching suburb that runs hard through every warmer month of the year. Kellyville sat in our top five suburbs by job volume in 2025.
The housing stock matters too. Kellyville is a hybrid suburb. New estate housing on the northern and western sides where construction has been continuous for two decades. Established 1990s and 2000s estates through the middle, with mature gardens, pools and the kind of deep landscaping that produces frog and skink populations. Older acreage and semi-rural pockets on the suburb's eastern fringe. Each part produces a different kind of snake activity, and the connecting corridors mean snakes move freely between them.
Snakes aren't appearing in Kellyville because something is wrong with a property. They're appearing because the suburb was built on top of, and continuous with, a landscape that supports them.
Red-bellied Black Snake. A substantial proportion of our Kellyville work, and the most common species on the established-estate side of the suburb. Red-bellies follow frogs and moisture, and the Smalls Creek and Caddies Creek corridors, combined with the high pool density through the established estates, sustain a strong frog population. Pool pump housings come up consistently. Venomous, but generally far less defensive than Browns. They will move away if given the chance.
Diamond Python. Present in Kellyville, particularly on streets backing onto the Glenhaven bushland fringe, the Bella Vista Reserve corridor and the larger acreage blocks on the eastern side. Non-venomous, but large, adults reach two to three metres and they're powerfully built. The mature gardens and older tiled-roof homes can sustain a resident population, and roof cavities are a recurring job category. Pythons follow rodents into the roof and settle in.
Eastern Brown Snake. A significant and serious species we encounter on properties across the suburb. Browns thrive in the conditions a growth-corridor and semi-rural suburb provides, open paddock margins, freshly graded blocks, retained vegetation strips between estates, the older acreage properties with stored materials and rodent populations, and the new-build streets where construction has displaced the resident population sideways. Sightings here are most often crossing driveways, slipping under garage rollers on new builds, moving through mulched garden beds, around chicken coops and feed sheds on the acreage blocks, and along long boundary fences. Fast, alert, highly venomous. Step back, keep a visual from a safe distance, and call us on 1300 599 938.
Green Tree Snake. Common in established Kellyville gardens, particularly along fences, in pergolas and around roof lines. Slender, bright green or olive, fast-moving, completely harmless. They feed on skinks, geckos and small frogs and are excellent climbers. Non-venomous, but a snake inside the house still warrants professional removal.
Blue-tongued Lizard. Not a snake, but the reptile we are called for almost as often. Blue-tongues are large, slow-moving native skinks that get mistaken for snakes because of their size and the way they flatten their bodies when threatened. They are harmless, beneficial, and good for a garden, they eat snails, slugs and insects. Better to call and have us confirm than to assume.
The species mix in Kellyville makes more sense once you know what each one is following. Red-bellied Black Snakes follow frogs and moisture along the creek corridors and around pool pump housings. Diamond Pythons follow rats and mice, which is why they end up in roof cavities. Eastern Browns follow rodents through the new estates, the construction zones and the acreage properties with feed and storage. Green Tree Snakes follow skinks and geckos through gardens and along fence lines. Sightings increase after rain, through warm weather, and in early summer when reptiles are most active.
For Eastern Browns: garages and the gaps under garage rollers (particularly on new builds where the seals haven't bedded in), sheds with accumulated yard storage, retaining walls, around hot water systems and air conditioning units, along long boundary fences (particularly the side facing reserve, paddock or new construction), around chicken coops, aviaries and outdoor pet bowls on the acreage blocks, around stockpiled landscaping materials on new builds.
For Red-bellied Black Snakes: pool pump housings, pool surrounds and water features, garden beds with thick mulch against boundary fences, under decks and verandahs in shaded damp corners, along fences backing onto Smalls Creek, Caddies Creek or the wetter drainage lines.
For Diamond Pythons: roof cavities are the standout, particularly on older homes with tiled roofs and small gaps under the eaves. Also along gutters, in pergolas and outdoor entertainment areas, and on properties with bushland or reserve exposure.
For Green Tree Snakes: along fences, through pergolas, around roof lines, in mature shrubs and along garden edges.
Step back. Bring children and pets indoors. If possible, keep a visual on the snake from a safe distance. Don't try to move it, contain it, photograph it from up close or identify the species. Call 1300 599 938. We'll talk you through what to do until we arrive.
If you hear movement in the roof through the warmer months and you live on a bushland-edge or acreage-fringe street, a Diamond Python is one of the possible explanations. Possums and rats are the others. We can tell the difference on site.
The deterrent products sold at hardware stores, powders, sprays, ultrasonic devices, do not work. Skip them.
For Eastern Browns, reducing rodent activity is the single most effective measure. On acreage properties, that means active rodent control around feed sheds, hay storage, stable yards and chicken coops. On established residential blocks, bait stations around sheds and garages, cleaning out accumulated yard storage, sealing gaps under sheds and outbuildings. On new-build properties, sealing the gaps around new garage rollers and external doors before they bed down, keeping grass short along boundary fences, and managing stockpiled landscaping materials before they sit in place long enough for snakes to settle in.
For Red-bellied Black Snakes, keep pool pump housings clear and unappealing as shelter. Thin out heavy garden beds along boundary fences, particularly the side facing the creek or drainage corridor. Manage frog activity where it has become concentrated against the house, without killing the frogs, they're protected.
For Diamond Pythons specifically, reducing rodent activity in the roof is the single most useful thing. Pythons follow rats. If a Python turns up in the ceiling, the rats got there first.
How quickly can a snake catcher get to Kellyville?
We're usually on site in Kellyville within around thirty minutes, depending on traffic and access. Sydney Snake Catcher operates twenty-four hours a day across the suburb and the wider Hills Shire. Call 1300 599 938.
What snakes are most common in Kellyville?
Red-bellied Black Snakes are a substantial proportion of our work in Kellyville, concentrated around the creek corridors and pool pump housings on established estates. Eastern Brown Snakes are a significant species too, particularly on the new-estate and acreage sides of the suburb. Diamond Pythons appear on streets backing onto bushland and the larger acreage blocks.
Should I try to remove the snake myself?
No. All native snakes in New South Wales are protected wildlife, and several species commonly encountered around Kellyville are highly venomous. 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.
What should I do while I'm waiting for the snake catcher?
Step back, bring children and pets indoors, and keep a visual on the snake from a safe distance if you can. Don't try to contain it, photograph it from up close or identify the species. If it slips into cover, watch the spot where you last saw it. Snakes often reappear within minutes once the area goes quiet.
Are snakes protected in New South Wales?
Yes. All native snakes 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 Kellyville and the wider Hills Shire.
