Snake Catcher Cromer
If there's a snake at your home, garage, shed, or property in Cromer, CALL NOW on 0418 633 474.
Stay calm and keep your distance. Move children and pets clear of the area, but keep your eyes on the snake from a safe spot. The most useful thing you can do before we arrive is maintain visual contact — a snake that's been watched is far easier to find. You don't need to take a photo or identify the species — just watch where it goes.
About Cromer
Cromer sits between Narrabeen Lagoon and the bushland of the Cromer Heights and Wheeler Heights reserves, with South Creek and the connecting drainage corridors threading through the residential streets. The suburb has a mix of established 1960s and 70s housing, mature gardens, and a significant industrial pocket along Cromer Road. The bushland-and-lagoon geography produces a strong red-bellied black snake presence, with diamond pythons through the older roof spaces and lace monitors moving through the reserve corridors.
What we see in Cromer
Red-bellied black snakes are a particular feature of Cromer — the Narrabeen Lagoon catchment, the South Creek drainage, and the damp gully systems support a strong resident population. Pool and pond properties see the highest activity, especially through summer and after rain.
Diamond pythons work the older housing stock and the reserve-edge properties. Roof cavity callouts are common through the warmer months.
Eastern brown snakes are present but less common — the bushland character doesn't suit them as well as the open country further west. They appear occasionally on the drier blocks and around industrial properties.
Golden-crowned snakes turn up in shaded leaf-litter gardens after summer rain. Venomous but their bite is medically minor.
Lace monitors appear from the bushland in summer. A regular callout on properties backing onto Cromer Heights or Wheeler Heights reserves.
Blue-tongued lizards and Eastern water dragons are part of Cromer's everyday backyard wildlife. Many of the snake calls we attend turn out to be one of these — never an issue, always happy to attend and confirm.
Where snakes go on Cromer properties
The hiding spots reflect the lagoon-and-bushland character: around pool pumps, filtration boxes and pond edges, under decking and pergolas, behind hot water systems, in thick damp garden beds, along retaining walls, under garden edging, behind air-conditioning units, in sheds and storage areas, and through the gaps between the house and the back reserve or creek line. We work through them methodically once we arrive.
After we leave
Every Urban Reptile Removal job ends with a brief walk-through of the property. We tell you why the snake was likely there, what's drawing it in, and what you can change to reduce future activity — short grass, no clutter along the fence line, stored items lifted off the ground, gaps sealed where rodents travel, and no pet food bowls left outside overnight. No snake repellent sprays, no gimmicks. Just the things that actually work.
About Chris Williams
Chris Williams has spent more than 35 years working with reptiles and amphibians throughout Australia and is widely recognised as one of the country's leading herpetologists. Since 2014, he has served as President of the Australian Herpetological Society, helping to promote reptile education, research and conservation nationwide.
His professional background includes roles with the Australian Reptile Park and Taronga Zoo, as well as extensive field experience working with reptiles across New South Wales. Chris is also the founder of Snake Ranch, which grew to become Australia's largest reptile breeding facility.
In addition to his field and zoo work, Chris has authored seven books on Australian reptiles, amphibians and wildlife. He is regularly interviewed regarding reptile interactions. Through Urban Reptile Removal, he continues to train and mentor snake catchers throughout New South Wales, ensuring the highest standards of safety, professionalism and reptile expertise are maintained across the network.
For snake catcher services in Cromer, CALL NOW on 0418 633 474. Every day of the year.
