Parklea is a suburb that blends busy roads, modern estates, older properties, well-kept gardens, shopping precincts, open spaces and pockets of natural habitat. It’s a lively area where people spend plenty of time outdoors — mowing lawns, washing cars, looking after pets, playing with kids, tending gardens or doing weekend projects. If you’re a 41-year-old man living in Parklea, you’re familiar with the mix of suburban living and open green pockets that attract all kinds of wildlife. And like most suburbs in the Blacktown region, snakes are part of that wildlife. That’s why Urban Reptile Removal attends so many jobs in Parklea each year.

If you see a snake in Parklea, or even if you’re unsure whether what you saw was a snake, call 0418 633 474 immediately. You don’t need to get close. You don’t need to take photos. You don’t need to try and identify it. Just bring pets and kids inside, step back and let a trained snake catcher take it from there.

The Eastern brown snake is the species we remove most frequently in Parklea. Browns thrive in this suburb because the environment offers warmth, food and shelter — long fence lines, sunny driveways, warm brick walls, garden beds, and rodents that move between properties. They’re extremely fast, highly venomous and very defensive when startled. If you see one, the safest thing you can do is keep your distance and call a professional. Attempting to deal with a brown snake on your own is extremely dangerous.

Parklea also has a steady population of red-bellied black snakes. These snakes prefer shaded, moist environments, so they often show up in cool garden beds, around water features, near frogs, along drainage areas or in shaded corners of the yard. Their distinctive black scales and red underside make them easy to recognise. They’re impressive snakes, but still venomous, so they require professional removal. If you spot one, call 0418 633 474 and we’ll remove it safely.

The suburb also gets a lot of yellow-faced whip snakes, often mistaken for juvenile brown snakes because of their slender shape and quick movements. Whip snakes are fast — incredibly fast — and will disappear under garden edging, mulch, rocks or narrow gaps in seconds. They’re venomous but shy, and the best chance of locating one is to call early before it moves too far.

Not every reptile in Parklea is dangerous. Many sightings involve green tree snakes, a harmless species that can look intimidating when they move quickly or flatten their heads. They’re excellent climbers and often seen around garages, sheds, roof edges, pool areas or sunny brick walls. They pose no danger to people or pets, but they still require careful handling to avoid injury.

And then there are the blue-tongued lizards, which are incredibly common in Parklea backyards. Blue-tongues bask in the sun, hide under pot plants, move through veggie gardens and sometimes hiss loudly when frightened, which leads many residents to think they’ve seen a snake. We get countless calls about blueys every year. We never mind checking — it’s always better to be sure.

If you’re juggling work, house maintenance, family life or pets, finding a snake can be a major disruption to your day. Even if you’re comfortable outdoors, dealing with a snake — especially a venomous one — is not something you should attempt alone. When you call Urban Reptile Removal, we guide you through everything calmly and clearly. You don’t need to monitor the snake or keep it in sight. You don’t need to stand guard. Just stay safe and let us take over.

We reach Parklea quickly because it’s one of our regular service suburbs. Once we arrive, we start by assessing the area where the snake was last seen. Snakes don’t keep moving once they settle — they look for the closest sheltered, warm or protected spot. In Parklea, the most common hiding places include:

• behind hot water systems
• under garden edging
• inside garages along the walls
• behind sheds or storage units
• around pool equipment
• under kids’ play equipment
• behind air-conditioning units
• under pot plants
• between fence gaps
• behind outdoor furniture
• beneath timber piles
• inside outdoor storage boxes

We check each of these places methodically until we locate and safely remove the snake.

Once the snake is gone, most homeowners want to know why it turned up. The answer nearly always comes down to prey animals. Snakes follow food. If you’ve got rodents, frogs or lizards in your yard, snakes may pass through. Parklea’s mix of homes, gardens, open spaces and commercial areas creates natural pathways for wildlife. Snakes aren’t targeting your property — they’re just following survival instincts.

After the snake removal, we provide practical advice that actually works. You don’t need snake repellents — they’re ineffective. What does work is simple: maintain the lawn, reduce clutter along fence lines, lift stored items off the ground, seal small gaps where rodents travel and keep pet food bowls indoors. These small adjustments reduce food and shelter opportunities for both snakes and the animals they hunt.

A question many Parklea residents ask is whether a snake sighting means there are more nearby. Fortunately, snakes are solitary animals. They don’t live in groups, pairs or nests in typical suburban yards. One sighting almost always means one snake. Once it’s removed, the immediate risk is gone.

If a snake gets inside your home — which does happen in Parklea — that becomes urgent emergency snake removal. Snakes can enter through open garage doors, small gaps under doors, holes rodents create or through open laundry areas. Indoor snake sightings can be extremely stressful, especially if kids or pets are involved. We treat indoor jobs as a priority and arrive quickly to remove the snake safely.

Parklea residents choose Urban Reptile Removal because we work calmly, respectfully and without drama. We don’t judge your yard. We don’t blame you for calling. We don’t make the situation more stressful than it needs to be. We simply remove the snake, explain what attracted it and give practical advice to help prevent future sightings.

If you’re ever unsure — maybe you saw movement in the garden bed, your dog is barking at a fence line or something didn’t look quite right — you can always call 0418 633 474 for advice. We’d rather talk you through it than have you take unnecessary risks.

For fast, safe and professional snake removal in Parklea, you can rely on Urban Reptile Removal every day of the year. When a snake appears where it shouldn’t be, we’ll remove it calmly and efficiently so you can get on with your day.