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Snake Catcher Colyton

If a snake appears around a Colyton house, shop or worksite, leave it room to move, take people and pets away, and tell Snakes in the City where you last saw it. Do not try to catch it.

Call 0411 103 488Possible bite? Call 000
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Colyton is mostly suburban, with a creek-side edge

Penrith City Council describes Colyton as an established residential suburb between the Great Western Highway and M4, with Ropes Creek at its eastern boundary. Its study identifies a smaller industrial pocket near Roper Road. That mix matters more than a generic “bush property” description: most calls would involve houses, yards, sheds or business premises, while the creek corridor has a different access pattern.

Council’s playspace register lists Barr and Bass Street Reserve, Kevin Dwyer Park on Roper Road and Ted Little Park on Lennox Street. These are orientation points, not claimed snake-sighting locations. Council’s Little Creek study also includes parts of Colyton, Oxley Park, St Marys and North St Marys. A drainage catchment is useful landscape context; it does not predict a snake at a particular address.

Describe the exact setting

Is the last-known location a fenced back garden, garage threshold, stack of materials at a business, or open land near a watercourse? Give the street address and safe entry point. Do not enter vegetation or lift stored items to improve the description.

Tree-lined Carpenter Street in Colyton, Sydney, photographed in 2015
Carpenter Street, Colyton (2015). Photo by Sardaka, Wikimedia Commons source, CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized to 960 px; no other changes. This streetscape is not a snake-sighting record.

Use the last sighting to secure the scene

1

Move people away

Bring children and pets inside. If the snake is indoors, close a door only if you can do so without approaching it. Do not block its exit or chase it through the property.

2

Keep a safe reference point

Note the last place you saw it from behind a barrier or at generous distance. Do not move bins, garden cover, pallets or sheet metal to look for it.

3

Call with access details

Tell the catcher the address, gate or loading-bay access, whether anyone may have been bitten, and where the snake was last visible. Avoid sending anyone to inspect a hiding place.

A suspected bite comes before removal

Call 000 for an ambulance. Keep the person still, apply a pressure-immobilisation bandage and immobilise the limb as Healthdirect advises. Do not wash the bite, use a tourniquet or try to catch the snake. Follow the emergency operator’s directions.

Two property checks that do not require touching cover

The useful action is to remove access for people and pets, not to “clear” the snake’s hiding place yourself.

Home yards and garden edges

From a safe position, consider where an animal could move unseen: long grass, dense planting, retaining-wall gaps, stored timber or a shed threshold. The Australian Museum notes that eastern brown snakes can use human-made cover. Keep pets and children out of that part of the yard until it is safe.

Roper Road work areas

At a commercial site, stop work in the immediate zone and tell other staff which stock pile, loading bay or fence line is affected. Do not ask a worker to reach into materials or move a pallet to confirm the species.

For longer-term prevention, keep vegetation managed and storage orderly when the area is clear. No tidy-up measure guarantees that a snake cannot pass through a property.

Regional snake context, not a Colyton sighting list

The Australian Museum describes eastern brown snakes in open woodland, grassland and modified land, sometimes at suburban edges. Its red-bellied black snake guide associates that species more often with moist habitats such as creeks and wetlands. Neither source confirms that either species was seen at a Colyton address, and colour alone is not a safe identification method. Treat an unidentified snake as potentially dangerous and keep clear.

Eastern brown snake in Western Sydney grassland
Eastern brown snake in Western Sydney grassland. A first-hand Sydney field photograph showing relevant habitat; it is not presented as a specific Colyton call-out. Photo: Snakes in the City.

Verified emergency contacts for people and pets

Pet: SASH Western Sydney

SASH Western Sydney, 1 Rowood Road, Prospect NSW 2148 · (02) 8609 9444. Its official page confirms 24-hour emergency veterinary care. Keep the pet still and call the vet before transport for case-specific advice.

Nearby guides connected to Colyton

These links follow neighbouring suburbs and the Little Creek catchment, not an alphabetical sequence.

For the broader region, see Penrith and Lower Blue Mountains service areas. The Penrith operating-base guide explains the wider local dispatch context; for general advice see snake safety.

Local source notes

Landscape and reserve descriptions: Penrith City Council Urban Study, Council playspaces, and Council floodplain management. Medical and species guidance: Healthdirect and Australian Museum, linked above. These are general public sources, not a record of Snakes in the City call-outs.

Snake visible in Colyton?

Keep clear and call about removal. For a possible bite, call 000 first.

Call 0411 103 488Medical emergency: 000

Explore public snake observations around Colyton

Looking for broader wildlife context? The mapped place point for Colyton falls in square C4 of our 2025 Sydney-region observation report. A suburb can extend into neighbouring squares; this is an orientation guide, not a suburb boundary map.

View square C4 around Colyton in the observation report →

Counts apply to the whole square, not each suburb listed. A suburb appearing in a square does not mean a snake was recorded in that suburb. These are public observation records, not SITC call-outs, unique snake totals or a measure of danger.