Animal management officers attended the scene and managed vehicle, cycle and foot traffic to ensure the snake and people weren’t harmed while they waited for the snake catcher to arrive.
Animal management officers flagged down a police van to assist with traffic management.
The snake catcher attended the scene and secured the snake before transporting it to a vet for assessment.
While City of Melbourne park rangers regularly respond to reports of snakes in some of our parks, this is the first sighting of a venomous snake in the central CBD in recent memory.
To see a video of the capture, visit the City of Melbourne's Facebook page.