An Eastern Brown snake removed by Snake Catchers Brisbane from a home at The Gap.

An Eastern Brown snake removed by Snake Catchers Brisbane from a home at The Gap.

A SUBURBAN underwear drawer isn't exactly the natural habitat of an Eastern Brown snake, but that's where the venomous reptile was found snuggled up in Brisbane yesterday.

It's just one of the many jobs Bryan Robinson from Snake Catchers Brisbane has been called to on the city's westside in recent weeks.

The caller from The Gap initially saw the snake on a window sill and thought it was a common tree snake.

However when Mr Robinson arrived it to remove it, he found it in the resident's underwear drawer.

Mr Robinson said his snake catchers were working around the clock to meet demand for removal of reptiles across Brisbane.

"We were out until 10.30 the other night and we started at 7 o'clock the next morning. Then we had a 3.30am call to go to the other day too. There's not much time to sleep," he said.

"It's mainly carpet snakes that are kicking around at this time of year."

The biggest snake caught so far has been a 2.9m carpet snake caught at Oxley, but carpet snakes are being found all over Brisbane.

"The Gap and Chapel Hill are always your two stand outs," Mr Robinson said.

"People are finding them in cars, fridges, washing machines. We're taking about 30 inquiries a day at the moment."

And despite giant snakes appearing on Facebook, Mr Robinson said that doesn't mean there's more than usual.

"People think there are snakes everywhere but it's just that there are so many options for us to see what's going on in people's backyards now. You get some pretty awesome sized snakes. We'll get carpet snakes in excess of 10 foot this year."