Snake Catcher Neutral Bay

If you need a snake catcher in Neutral Bay, CALL NOW on 0418 633 474. Urban Reptile Removal attends Neutral Bay every day of the year — usually on site within 30 minutes.

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 Neutral Bay

Neutral Bay sits on the harbourside ridge between Cremorne to the east and North Sydney to the west, with Hayes Street, Anderson Park and Kurraba Point reserves shaping the foreshore character. The suburb is mostly a mix of mid-density apartment living around Military Road and the harbourside streets, with pockets of established Federation and Inter-war housing on substantial blocks running down towards Hayes Street Wharf and Kurraba Point. The harbourside geography, the mature trees, and the bushland fingers in the reserves produce a quiet but steady reptile callout pattern — diamond pythons through the older roof spaces, water dragons along the foreshore.

Golden Crowned snakes, like this one, are one of the most common snakes we find in Neutral Bay

What we see in Neutral Bay

Diamond pythons are the most common snake call. The older housing stock with mature roof cavities, combined with the bushland connections through the harbourside reserves, sustains a small but resident python population. Roof cavity work runs through the warmer months. Pythons also turn up in apartment building roof spaces, courtyards and around pools.

Red-bellied black snakes are uncommon — the inner-harbour character doesn't sustain a strong population. Occasional sightings near the larger reserves.

Eastern brown snakes are essentially absent from Neutral Bay.

Golden-crowned snakes turn up occasionally in the sandstone country and shaded leaf-litter gardens after summer rain. Venomous but their bite is medically minor.

Blue-tongued lizards and Eastern water dragons are the most common reptiles we attend in Neutral Bay. Water dragons in particular are common in gardens with ponds, around the harbour foreshore, and on apartment building grounds. 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 Neutral Bay properties

The hiding spots reflect the harbour-and-residential character: roof cavities and eaves for pythons, in pool sheds and garages, under decking and pergolas, behind hot water systems, in courtyards of older housing, around pool pumps and filtration boxes, in thick damp garden beds, along sandstone retaining walls, in apartment building grounds, in storage areas, and through the gaps between the house and the back reserve or foreshore boundary. 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.

Call Urban Reptile Removal — Snake Catcher Neutral Bay

For a snake catcher in Neutral Bay, CALL NOW on 0418 633 474. Snake in the roof, snake in the courtyard, snake in the apartment grounds, snake near the harbour — every day of the year. Urban Reptile Removal.

About Chris Williams

Urban Reptile Removal was founded by Chris Williams, one of Australia's most experienced reptile specialists. Chris has spent more than three decades working professionally with reptiles and amphibians, including roles with Taronga Zoo, the Australian Reptile Park and a wide range of wildlife organisations throughout New South Wales.

He is the founder of Snake Ranch, which grew to become Australia's largest reptile breeding facility, and is the author of seven books covering Australian reptiles, amphibians and wildlife. Since 2014, Chris has served as President of the Australian Herpetological Society, helping to promote reptile research, education and conservation across the country.

Today, Chris oversees the Urban Reptile Removal network, training and licensing the snake catchers who respond to jobs throughout Sydney and regional New South Wales. When you contact Urban Reptile Removal, you're dealing with a team built on decades of practical field experience and a genuine understanding of Australia's reptiles.

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