Snake Catching & Management
Key Resources
TRANSLOCATION & RELOCATION
Bateman, P. W., et al. (2018). Wildlife Research. “Translocation within a metropolitan area altered behaviour and reduced survivorship in dugites.” Short, urban moves changed behaviour and lowered survival, highlighting strict limits and welfare risks for city relocations.
https://www.publish.csiro.au/wr/WR17166?utm
Fleming, P. A., et al. (2018). “Impacts of translocation on a large urban-adapted venomous snake (dugite).” Detailed case study showing post-move roaming, stress, and mortality, urging context-specific relocation with realistic expectations.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Patricia-Fleming/publication/326434066_Impacts_of_translocation_on_a_large-urban-adapted_venomous_snake/links/5e6350d4299bf1744f65e790/Impacts-of-translocation-on-a-large-urban-adapted-venomous-snake.pdf?utm
Devan-Song, A., et al. (2025). Conservation Biology. “Global synthesis of snake translocations: success, failure, and knowledge gaps.” Meta-analysis summarising outcomes, monitoring gaps, and practical recommendations to guide evidence-based relocation policy.
https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/10.1111/cobi.14016?utm
Perry, G. C., et al. (2023). Global Ecology and Conservation. “Post-translocation movement and home-range shifts in giant garter snakes.” Quantifies altered home ranges and movement patterns after release, useful for planning and monitoring.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989423004249?utm
Fleming, P. A., & Bateman, P. W. (2021). Herpetological Journal. “Killing them softly: review and Australian case study of snake translocation.” Review recommends shorter relocations, careful site selection, and realistic survivorship expectations.
https://www.thebhs.org/publications/the-herpetological-journal/volume-31-number-3-july-2021/3302-1-killing-them-softly-a-review-on-snake-translocation-and-an-australian-case-study?utm
URBAN ECOLOGY & HUMAN–SNAKE CONFLICT
Jolly, C. J., et al. (2021). Urban Ecosystems. “Snakes on an urban plain: temporal patterns of snake activity and human–snake conflict in Darwin, Australia (2011–2017).” Seven-year call-out dataset revealing seasonal timing to inform staffing and education.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chris-Jolly/publication/348085966_Snakes_on_an_urban_plain_Temporal_patterns_of_snake_activity_and_human-snake_conflict_in_Darwin_Australia/links/60b773da4585154e5efcb84f/Snakes-on-an-urban-plain-Temporal-patterns-of-snake-activity-and-human-snake-conflict-in-Darwin-Australia.pdf?utm
Jolly, C. J., et al. (2023). Biodiversity & Conservation. “Spatiotemporal patterns of snake occurrence in an urban setting.” Maps hotspots and timing; supports targeted prevention, signage, and messaging.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-023-02752-2?utm
Australian Zoologist (Diamond Python). “Devoted motherhood in snakes: a Diamond Python case.” Field observation of maternal attendance in Morelia spilota; useful for public education narratives.
https://meridian.allenpress.com/australian-zoologist/article-abstract/44/3/511/506956/Devoted-motherhood-in-snakes-a-Diamond-Python?redirectedFrom=fulltext
FIRST AID & PRESSURE-IMMOBILISATION TECHNIQUE (PIT)
Isbister, G. K., et al. (2013). Medical Journal of Australia. “Snakebite in Australia: a practical approach to diagnosis and treatment.” Definitive Australian guidance; endorses broad elastic bandage pressure-immobilisation.
https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2013/199/11/snakebite-australia-practical-approach-diagnosis-and-treatment?utm
Wright, S., et al. (2024, accepted). Emergency Medicine Australasia. “Harm due to misapplication of pressure-immobilisation technique in snakebite patients in Australia.” Case series on injuries from incorrect PIT; stresses correct pressure and immobilisation.
https://dora.health.qld.gov.au/qldresearchjspui/bitstream/1/5403/1/Harm%20due%20to%20the%20use%20of%20pressure%20bandage%20immobilisation%20in%20patients%20bitten%20by%20snakes%20in%20Australia.pdf?utm
Isbister, G. K., et al. (2025). Medical Journal of Australia. “Early cardiovascular collapse in Australian snakebite cases: insights from the Australian Snakebite Project.” Highlights critical early deterioration; underscores fast first aid and rapid transport.
https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52622
ANZCOR Guideline 9.4.8 (2025). “Pressure-Immobilisation Technique for Envenomation.” Current Australian resuscitation guideline detailing correct PIT steps.
https://www.anzcor.org/assets/anzcor-guidelines/guideline-9-4-8-envenomation-pressure-immobilisation-technique-296.pdf
EPIDEMIOLOGY, INCIDENCE & TREATMENT SYSTEMS
Isbister, G. K., et al. (2017). Medical Journal of Australia. “Australian Snakebite Project (ASP-20): 2005–2015—incidence, outcomes, and treatment.” Cornerstone national dataset informing antivenom and systems policy.
https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2017/207/3/australian-snakebite-project-2005-2015-asp-20?
MJA Editorial (2013). “Treatment of snakebite in Australia: gathering the evidence.” Overview of the Australian evidence base; pairs with Isbister 2013 clinical guidance.
https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2013/199/11/treatment-snakebite-australia-gathering-evidence?
METHODS & TRACKING
Ginninderry / ANU — Canberra Snake Tracking Project (ongoing). “Tracking and mapping the complex lives of eastern brown snakes.” Modern telemetry to improve release decisions, site fidelity, and post-release monitoring.
https://ginninderry.com/research-hub/tracking-and-mapping-the-complex-lives-of-eastern-brown-snakes/?
Wildlife Drones / ANU Case Study. “World-first drone radio telemetry of east-browns.” Demonstrates remote tracking potential in complex terrain and inaccessible structures.
https://wildlifedrones.net/world-first-tracking-of-snakes/?