A Toowoomba man has issued a grave warning after a “stupid mistake” turned into him being “lucky to be alive”.

In the video, he holds a thin brown snake and as it squirms, it bites him multiple times on the hand and towards the wrist. The video caption reads: “I’m 99 per cent sure this is a tree snake ...

The incident has sparked warnings about increased reptile activity across Queensland, with the state's ambulance service ...

"The first thing I lifted was the child's baby bouncer, and I found the tiger ... human modification of the environment. Now, eastern brown snakes are responsible for the most bites of any snake ...

"I believed they were brown snake eggs due to the fact that they were seen in the area and that when I shone a light through the egg, I saw a small striped baby snake," Mr Miller explained.