Data Records

The suburbs of Browns Plains, Heritage Park, Loganlea, Crestmead, Marsden, Regents Park and Park Ridge comprise large areas of vegetated space and high density suburban landscapes that are often conducive to a variety of snake species. The snake catcher Browns Plains, Heritage Park, Loganlea, Crestmead, Marsden, Regents Park and Park Ridge catches numerous species in these suburbs including the Eastern Brown Snake. As a dangerously venomous snake species a snake catcher should be engaged if removal is preferred. Other venomous snake species occur in these suburbs and may include the Eastern Small-eyed Snake, Red-bellied Black Snake and the Yellow-faced Whip Snake.

Non venomous species include the Common Tree Snake and Carpet Python which are more commonly seen than other snake species . Although non-venomous Carpet pythons can inflict a deeply penetrating, multiple puncture type injury and attempted capture should be avoided by all but an inexperience, licensed handler. Small pets are sometimes vulnerable, depending on the circumstances and are often taken by snakes. The Common Tree Snake is a quick moving species that is often found and removed 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 crucial that the snake be watched at all times to make sure the snake catcher has the best opportunity to catch your snake. Snakes are cryptic by nature and continued watch is a must to ensure the best chance of the snake being found and relocated by the snake catcher.

It is critical snakes be carefully observed until the snake catcher Browns Plains, Heritage Park, Loganlea, Crestmead, Marsden, Regents Park and Park Ridge arrives to ensure the very best probability of effectively removing the snake.

Venomous Snakes captured by the snake catcher Logan and Brisbane or likely to occur in one or more these localities

The following list is of all species of elapid (venomous land snakes) known to have been reliably recorded within the Logan Region, including the Redlands and Brisbane area and immediately adjacent areas to the west to Ipswich. 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
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
Stephen’s 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 Y Recorded
Eastern Small-eyed Snake Cryptophis nigrescens Y Recorded
Marsh Snake Marsh SnakeHemiaspis signata Y Recorded
Common 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

Non-venomous Snakes

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:

  • Boidae (Pythons)
  • Colubridae (solid toothed and rear fanged snakes)
  • Typhlodidae (Blind snakes)
Species Name Scientific Name Captured Likely to occur or recorded
Coastal 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  Tropidonophis mairii Y Recorded
Blind Snake Ramphotyphlops sp. Y Recorded