You have the eyes of a hawk if you can spot the snake hidden in the backyard

IF YOU have a fear of snakes, look away now.

At first glance, this photograph appears to show a typical back garden with an overgrown lawn, a wooden fence and a clothes horse.

But look a little closer and you’ll see a massive snake hiding amongst the greenery – so can you spot it?

The huge reptile is camouflaged in the shrubbery in the top right hand corner of the image.

Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers, from Queensland, Australia, were called in by home owners after they saw the reptile hiding amongst the plants, with part of its body hanging over the fence.

The experts took a picture of the scene, before asking their followers to find the creature.

And it proved a difficult task for many social media users.

Jacki Day wrote: "I can never find the snakes. I once walked straight past the most massive carpet snake in Noosa National Park and didn't see it until my friend pointed it out to me."

Martin McAvaney incorrectly guessed: "To the right of the catcher’s bag and gear at the bottom of picture."

While many joked that the black hose pipe on the grass was the "missing snake".

Tim Pulis identified the location of the reptile, writing: “Top right corner in the bush. He’s a biggen!”

In a separate post, Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers shared a zoomed in image of the snake and wrote: "Well as most of you guessed, the snake was on the fence in the back right hand corner of the photo. The snake is a coastal carpet python."

Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers revealed that coastal carpet pythons "have been extremely common."

They said they've been called out to deal with a number of the reptiles in Queensland.

Coastal carpet pythons are non-venomous snakes that grow to around seven feet in length.

They eat mostly warm-blooded prey, such as rats, birds, and possums - although larger specimens might feed on families' pet dogs and cats.

The snakes' bites are not venomous, but they can cause deep cuts.

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