A recent snake removal call in Willoughby produced a photograph that almost looked like a piece of clever advertising. The slender green snake in Harley’s hand appears to be a common tree snake, also widely known as a green tree snake (Dendrelaphis punctulatus). With its bright green and yellow colouring, it closely resembles the cheerful snake wrapped around the Snakes in the City logo on Harley’s vehicle. For a moment, it looked as though the company mascot had climbed off the car door to inspect the neighbourhood for itself.
Common tree snakes are non-venomous, agile snakes that may be green, olive, brown or even bluish in appearance. They are often found around gardens, trees, roofs, sheds and other places where frogs and small reptiles may be present. Although this species is generally harmless to people, residents should never attempt to identify or catch a snake from colour alone. Sydney is home to several species, including highly venomous snakes, so the safest response is to keep children and pets away, watch the snake from a secure distance and call an experienced Sydney snake catcher.
Harley is well known throughout Willoughby and the Lower North Shore, where Snakes in the City regularly provides professional snake removal and reptile relocation. His distinctive vehicle often attracts almost as much attention as the wildlife, with excited children pointing out the large green logo as it travels through local streets. The branding may be fun, but the work behind it is serious: Harley brings more than ten years of hands-on industry experience and the calm judgement required to assess each call-out, identify the animal and choose a safe method of capture.
Whether the visitor is a harmless tree snake or a potentially dangerous species, Harley approaches every job with the same care, efficiency and respect for the animal. Snakes in the City provides a quick and responsive call-out service for snake removal in Willoughby, Chatswood, Artarmon, Northbridge and surrounding Lower North Shore suburbs, as well as the wider Sydney area. When a snake appears at a home, workplace, school or garden, contact Snakes in the City for prompt, professional and humane assistance from a highly experienced local snake catcher.