Family spot a tree snake devouring a large frog WHOLE while dangling off the side of their house – and the reptile refuses to leave the property
- Mother Kylie Baker found a green tree snake hanging off her house last week
- The snake pulled a large tree frog from her gate post and swallowed it whole
- Mrs Baker, her husband and their daughters watched the whole thing
- The snake stayed at their home for a week, continuing to eat all of the local frogs
An Australian family got the fright of their life when they discovered a snake hanging from their house while eating a large tree frog.
Mother Kylie Baker, her husband and their three young daughters watched the green tree snake swallow the frog whole at their home in Toogoom on Queensland‘s Fraser Coast on December 21.
After eating the frog, the snake settled down in the family’s TV cabinet on their back patio, where it continued to eat the amphibians on the family’s property.
Mother-of-three Kylie Baker found a Green Tree Snake (pictured) eating a large tree frog (feet pictured) at her home in Toogoom on Queensland’s Fraser Coast on December 21
‘My husband went out to use the hose at the front of the house and got the fright of his life to see the snake hanging there off the front of the house,’ Ms Baker told Daily Mail Australia.
‘He called me and the girls out to see the snake, which had its head down at the gate post before it pulled out a frog.
‘It proceeded to do what he did. It’s amazing to see, the frog was as big as he was but he still managed to get it in.
‘We have three little girls, eight, four and three years old, so for them to see that and watch, it was just a great learning experience.’
A video and photos taken by Mrs Baker show the snake had squeezed in the joints between bricks to successfully scale the house’s wall.
The snake could be seen widening its jaw to wrap around the frog as it ingested the amphibian whole on top of a gate.
Only the frog’s webbed feet could be seen hanging out of the snake’s mouth as the reptile finished its meal.
One picture showed the snake squeezed its tail into a bed joint between bricks to hang of the side of Mrs Baker’s building. Further down, some of the snake’s slender body was also squeezed between a head joint to provide more support as it swallowed the frog whole
Mrs Baker said the snake then moved into their flatscreen TV cabinet on their backyard patio.
‘We heard a frog making a horrible noise in the cabinet, so we opened it up and the snake was curled up there,’ she said.
Mrs Baker said she often sees at least 15 frogs relaxing on the rocks in her backyard on any given day – but now there are none.
‘He’s cleaned up all of the frogs, there’s not one left,’ Mrs Baker said.
‘It’s kind of sad. I like having my frogs around but the snake has to do what he’s got to do. It’s just nature.’
Mrs Baker said her family used the TV cabinet again on Monday and the snake had moved on.
The snake could be seen widening its jaw to wrap around the frog as it ingested the amphibian whole on top of a gate
Green tree snakes, also known as common tree snakes or Australian tree snakes, have no fangs or venom and are seen as harmless to humans.
They are very reluctant to bite and would rather slither away but if provoked, a tree snake will rise up, inflate its throat and body, and make a stink from its anal glands.
Their slender bodies allow them to be fast climbers that spend most of their time up in the trees, though they do come down to the ground to hunt.
Mainly active during the day, they eat frogs, skinks, geckos, lizards, reptile eggs, small mammals, stranded tadpoles and fish.
They are one of the most commonly seen snakes in suburban backyards, parks, and even inner city gardens and are mainly found in New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory.
Mrs Baker said the snake settled in their TV cabinet for a week and ate all of the frogs on their property before leaving on Monday
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