Brisbane floods: Warning as ‘monster’ snakes hitch a ride floodwaters

A South East Queensland snake catcher has warned that snakes could pop up around residents’ homes after the floods.

A South East Queensland snake catcher has warned residents to keep their eye out for snakes in their home after the floods washed them from their habitats.

Harrison’s Gold Coast and Brisbane Snake Catcher Tony Harrison said terrestrial snakes, which lived on the ground under rocks or the bases of trees, had been flooded out.

He said these snakes would have swum to the nearest temporary refuge in the floods, such as sheds or houses.

“This means eastern browns and red bellies are on top of shelves and cupboards if the floods made it halfway up a building or they are just under bins, tyres and cupboards if the water level just came close,” he wrote on social media.

“Also it’s after huge floods like this that originate out west and flow to the coast that I find species that are not normally found on the coast and monster-sized versions of the species we find.

“But they have lived a happy uninterrupted life in a 500-acre property west of Beaudesert that’s suddenly been washed down to us.”

Mr Harrison urged residents affected by the floods to remain vigilant in their clean up and keep their eye our for wildlife.