Sydney mum finds snake curled up in child's bedroom

A Sydney mum has described how she found a snake curled up next to the toys in her child's bedroom.

Meg, from Cammeray on the North Shore, was tidying her daughter's room on Friday night after putting her children to bed, when she spotted what she thought was a shoe lace.

But when she turned the light on, she realised it was actually a snake.

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"I thought it was a shoelace," she told 2GB's Ben Fordham.

"I thought 'oh that's a bit weird.

"I was actually going to pick it up and then I thought, 'oh I'll just turn the light on and see what it is."

"It was actually a snake. I thought it couldn't be a snake. Sure enough it was."

In a video she took the snake seems to rear its head, as it slithers alongside toys including a Rubik's Cube.

She said after looking at photo online, she thinks it was a golden crown snake, which is venomous, but rarely bites.

Plucky Meg released the snake outside.

"It was definitely a surprise visitor on a Friday night," she said.