As the weather warms up, more Melburnians are getting out and about — and that includes the city's snakes.

Snake catcher Adam Sapiano said this year's snake season had started earlier than usual.

"Normally it's the first weekend of September ... but this year certainly started midway through August," he told 774 ABC Melbourne's George McEncroe.

What to do if you find a snake Leave it alone — it will defend itself if provoked or threatened

Leave it alone — it will defend itself if provoked or threatened If it is in your yard, bring pets and children inside

If it is in your yard, bring pets and children inside If it is inside, shut the doors to the room and place a towel at the bottom of the door

If it is inside, shut the doors to the room and place a towel at the bottom of the door Your local council will have contacts for your nearest snake catcher

Based in Melbourne's western suburbs, Mr Sapiano is kept busy in the warmer months removing and relocating snakes from suburban backyards.

"I'll be honest, it's getting a lot harder to relocate these animals now," he said.

That, he said, was because places he once released the snakes were now housing estates built to accommodate western Melbourne's booming population.

According to the Bureau of Statistics, two of Victoria's five fastest growing suburbs are in Melbourne's west.

Caught snakes must be released nearby

Adam Sapiano says suburban growth means there are fewer places to release snakes once he's caught them. ( Supplied: Adam Sapiano )

Mr Sapiano said conditions on his wildlife licence dictated that all the animals he caught must be released nearby.

"We relocate all the animals we catch within five kilometres of the catch site," he said.

"That's obviously getting a lot more difficult now with the developments and the housing estates going up."

Mr Sapiano said he became a snake catcher after growing up in Melbourne's west catching blue tongue lizards at his local river.

"A lot of the places I grew up catching them and finding them are now all housing estates."

Luckily, not all Mr Sapiano's jobs require him to release his catch.

"I had a call at about two o'clock in the morning from a resident in Tullamarine who believed they had a snake on the bonnet of their car," he said.

"When I walked over, it was a rubber rattlesnake."