Terrey Hills Snake Catcher

Service Locations

1 June

If there's a snake at your home, garage, shed, or property in Terrey Hills, 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 Terrey Hills

Terrey Hills sits on the plateau between Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park to the north and Garigal National Park to the south, with the bushland of both parks running right up to the suburb's residential streets. The suburb has a distinctive character — large acreage blocks, horse properties, equestrian centres, the Belrose-Terrey Hills commercial strip along Mona Vale Road, and the wildlife corridor that runs through Duffys Forest into the surrounding national parks. The combination of bushland on all sides, sandstone country, and large properties with sheds, paddocks and dams makes Terrey Hills one of the most reptile-active suburbs in the entire Sydney metropolitan area.

**Diamond Pythons, like this one, are probably the most common species we find in Terrey Hills**

What we see in Terrey Hills

Diamond pythons are the signature species. The Ku-ring-gai Chase and Garigal connections sustain a substantial resident python population, and Terrey Hills' acreage properties with mature trees, sheds, stables and roof spaces deliver consistent python callouts year-round. Roof cavity jobs are a major category.

Red-bellied black snakes work the gullies, the seasonal creek lines, and properties with pools, dams or thick damp garden beds. Consistent through summer, particularly after rain.

Eastern brown snakes appear on the drier acreage blocks, around stables and sheds where rodent activity is highest, and along the cleared paddock margins. Less common than red-bellies and pythons, but present.

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

Lace monitors are a regular feature in Terrey Hills — the bushland corridors deliver them through yards, paddocks, sheds and occasionally into roof spaces. Not snakes, but a common callout.

Blue-tongued lizards and Eastern water dragons are part of the 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 hide on Terrey Hills properties

Terrey Hills is acreage country, and the hiding spots reflect that. Pythons in roof cavities, eaves and rafters. Snakes in stables, feed sheds and tack rooms. Behind hay bales, around water troughs and dam edges. Under decking, behind hot water systems, behind machinery. Along sandstone walls and in shaded garden beds. And right along the seam where the property meets the bushland — the gaps, the leaf litter, the fence lines.

When we arrive, we work through them in order.

After we leave

Every job ends with a walk-through of the property. We tell you why the snake was there, what's drawing them in, and what you can change to reduce future activity.

The things that actually work are practical:

Keep grass short, particularly close to the house
Clear clutter along fence lines
Store firewood, timber and gear off the ground
Seal gaps where rodents travel
Bring pet food and feed bowls inside overnight

The things that don't work — snake repellent sprays, sonic devices, mothballs, garlic, diesel — we'll tell you about those too, so you don't waste money on them.

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.