He found the snake during a hike and thought he’d bring it home to show his kids, thinking it was a diamond python.
The snake bit the man, which wasn’t an issue until his hand swelled up and he started vomiting, prompting an emergency visit to the hospital.
Medical staff at the hospital reached out to Ray McGibbon, a snake expert and catcher, to identify the species.
McGibbon informed the staff that the serpent was actually a venomous broad-headed snake, a species that looks similar to the nonvenomous diamond python.
“They did find traces of venom in the hiker’s system,” McGibbon wrote on the Facebook page for his business, Southern Highlands Snake Catcher.
During that time I collected the snake from his residence, got the location to where they found the snake & returned it back to its habitat Saturday morning.”.
The venomous broad-headed snake is limited in its range to a small area around Sydney, Australia. »
