Lucas' Reptile Rescue

17/08/2026

🐍 SNAKE SEASON IS HERE… EARLY!🐍

Well this year we had a very mild winter and didn’t get too cold for our scaly friends, so as the weather warms up again, our scaly neighbours have decided to start with their spring shenanigans a little early!

Snakes are coming out of what was a very breif brumation and getting more active looking for food and mates — which means more sightings around our homes, yards, and roads.

Found a snake and not sure what to do?

Don’t know what it is or if it’s venomous?

Here’s what to do.

STEP 1: DON’T PANIC 🫨

STEP 2: DON’T TOUCH IT! Never try to handle it yourself!

Take a clear photo 📸 from a safe distance and send it to me. It’s free and we can determine together whether it needs to be relocated.

STEP 3: Give me a call on 0452 210 184 and I can come and relocate the snake 🐍 to a more suitable location for you quickly and safely.

✅ Local, experienced snake catcher
✅ Safe, humane capture & ecologically responsible relocation
✅ Fast response times
✅ No snake too big or too small, no job too difficult.

FYI - did you know that 80% of snake bites occur as a result of people trying to interact incorrectly or harm the snake. It is always better a call to me than a risk a potentially serious bite.

Save this post or share it with neighbors — you never know who might need it this season!

📞 0452 210 184
📍 Servicing Anstead, Moggill, Belbowrie, Pullenvale, Pinjarra Hills, Karana Downs, Chuwar, Mt Crosby, Kenmore, Indooroopilly, St Lucia, Taringa, Sherwood, Corinda - Basically the City to Ipswich.

15/08/2026

HAPPY BELATED WORLD LIZARD 🦎 DAY!!! (It was yesterday 14/08)

We have so many cool lizards in Australia and we should love them all from tiny rainbow skinks to the Perentie.

But here’s the usual suspects here at Lucas Reptile Rescue.

Babette - Central Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps)

Nibbles - Spiny-tailed Monitor or Ackie monitor (Varanus acanthurus)

Opal - Northern Blue-tongued Skink (Tiliqua scincoides intermedia)

Matrix - Northern Spiny-tailed Gecko (Strophurus ciliaris)

Neo - Western Shield Spiny-tailed Gecko (Strophurus wellingtonae)

… and last but not least

Hermes & Kalypso - Boyd’s Forrest Dragon’s (Lophosaurus boydii)

15/08/2026

While we hear heaps about the current bird flu outbreak, this is fast becoming a major concern and us silently killing our beloved native snakes and lizards.

This 2 fungal infections are soil-based pathogens whose spores can remain inactive in the soil indefinitely until it finds a suitable host. It is currently prevalent in our Eastern Brown Snakes but has been recorded in other terrestrial species like Keelbacks and whipsnakes and even in our arboreal pythons.

At present there is no effective treatment for the infected snakes and is a death sentence. There is also very little research 🔬 on the horizon that can help us come up with an effective treatment.

If you find a sick or injured snake call me! 0452210184.

Queensland wildlife experts say a fungal disease could be a "death sentence" for already threatened native reptile populations.

08/08/2026

Please help out if you can preserve the memory and contribution of this unsung Aussie Hero.

https://gofund.me/9f4adb5ec

16/07/2026

🐍 Happy World Snake Day! 🐍

Today we celebrate one of Australia’s most misunderstood and important native animals.

Australia is home to around 140 species of land snakes and 32 species of sea snakes, but only a small number are considered dangerously venomous to people. Despite their reputation, snakes would rather avoid humans than confront them.

Snakes play a vital role in maintaining healthy ecosystems by:
🌿 Controlling rodent populations that can damage crops and spread disease.
🦎 Helping keep populations of lizards, frogs and other prey species in balance.
🦅 Providing an important food source for birds of prey, goannas and other native wildlife.
🌏 Acting as indicators of healthy environments and biodiversity.

Every snake has an important place in nature. Removing or harming snakes can have unintended consequences for the environment and the delicate balance of our native ecosystems.

If you encounter a snake:
✅ Stay calm.
✅ Keep your distance.
✅ Never attempt to catch or kill it.
✅ Allow it an escape route, or contact a licensed snake catcher if it poses an immediate risk.

At Lucas’ Reptile Rescue, we’re passionate about protecting and rehabilitating native reptiles while promoting education and safe coexistence between people and wildlife. By understanding snakes instead of fearing them, we can all play a part in conserving Australia’s incredible biodiversity.

This World Snake Day, let’s replace fear with knowledge and appreciation. Every snake matters, and every species has a role to play.

🐍 Respect them. Protect them. Let them do what they do best—keeping nature in balance.

22/06/2026

This is has got to be my favourite local species. Such a gorgeous little nightcrawler. This one was a nice healthy and a bit chunky one.

It is of course our only venomous colubrid species in Australia, the Brown Tree Snake (Boiga irregularis). But before you freak out they are rear-fanged and would need to have a good old chew on you to envenomate a human.

21/06/2026

Lucky 🍀 Snakey great job volunteers!

21/06/2026

Beautiful afternoon release of this gorgeous little Coastal Carpet Python (Morelia Spilota variegata) in Kenmore Hills