'Tiger snake tinsel' found on Melbourne Christmas tree

It's no partridge in a pear tree, but a Melbourne woman got a seasonal surprise when she found a tiger snake entwined among the tinsel on her Christmas tree.

The Frankston woman had to call in a snake-catcher after she discovered the serpent in her tree yesterday morning.

"It's one of the more different ones, but we find them in all sorts of places," professional snake-catcher Barry Goldsmith said today.