This fashion-forward snake was spotted trying to curl up inside a Birkenstocks shoe at a Burnside home on the Sunshine Coast. Snake Catcher Dan posted the image on his Facebook page , where he identified it as a red-bellied black snake and confirmed it had been relocated. Keen-eyed viewers may notice the scales on the snake's eponymous belly are not in fact particularly red, but the species can show some variation.
However, as the Australian Museum notes, in some parts of the population, the snake's belly scales "may be greyish-pink to white". Although red-bellied black snakes aren't aggressive, it's best to not get too close to make an identification yourself, but to call a snake catcher if one is in or around your home. This is definitely not what you expect when you're pulling out a desk drawer.
A coastal carpet python has tucked itself inside a home in the Brisbane riverside suburb of Yeronga. Snake Catchers Brisbane & Gold Coast was called in to relocate it and leave these homeowners with one more drawer. A Queensland snake catcher clearly had to go on a bit of an odyssey to retrieve the snake in this picture.
Can you spot it? It's tucked right up the back under this house at Elanora on the Gold Coast. Harrison's Gold Coast and Brisbane and Snake Catcher credited Sarah and Aidan for the safe retrieval. The snake was revealed to be a carpet python.
A spotted python has skimped out on putting in for petrol and hitched a ride interstate to Sydney. Snake C.
