How would we know....:)
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I understand your point, although it is somewhat distrustful of my observation skills.
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I have been wrong before, however I brought back from the UK not one but 2 books of Birds of Thailand and although I don't think this kite is very common I am very confident about the identification.
Photo next time ....
^ looking forward to it, your pics are bit like the old Littlewoods spot the ball competition if you recall those. :)
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We have a tree here that has these flowers on it and they give off an amazing scent that is strong and very nice.
I am hoping someone can identify it for me.
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It produces flowers in what I would describe as clumps.
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The flowers end up as a "nut" which is around 100mm diameter and has a thin wooden like outer case.
When these fall of they contain a lot of seeds inside
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These are the leaves if that helps anyone identify the tree.
Known as the 'Cannonball Tree', though correct name is Couroupita guianensis
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This bush smells so good. If my gfs' bush smelled this good I'd be eating that shit several times a day.Attachment 89795
He's a real smoothie. :D
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Had this guy on my red flowering shrub the other day. No idea what butterfly or moth it would turn into but sure a nice looking one. My wife told me that those white whiskers are barbed and if you touch with your hand it will itch for a few days. I was wearing my yard gloves as I always do and took care of it and fed it the birds that grabbed it up almost instantly once exposed on the ground.
^ another species takes a step nearer extinction :)
The dog was making its special snake bark and I found it keeping a safe distance from this snake. The tiles are 40cm so the snake is about 60-70cm, with a fairly thick body. It wasn't too bothered by the dog and it didn't rush off when I went out either, it moved slowly off in its own sweet time. I thought it might be a keelback of some kind, anyone know for sure?
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The face markings look distinctive.
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I'll just add, for a group of 9 tiles :)
^ That's what i meant, sorry.
After a bit of research I think I'll go with the Yellow-spotted keelback, aka the Common keelback.
Xenochrophis flavipunctatus species page - THAILAND NATURE PROJECT
I'm going with checkered keelback. Non-poisonous but aggressive and bite happy.
If only Shutree could have gotten a bit closer, not that I would have without my gun.
I am cautious with snakes that don't slither away rapidly, if they are not afraid then there might be a reason. I think the keelbacks are venomous, enough to take down a frog, but unlikely to hurt a person unless they stuck a finger in its mouth and let it chew. Maybe someone else will volunteer.
Not poisonous enough for the Aussies to recognise:
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Description. Keelbacks are Australia's only non-venomous, semi-aquatic snake. They are a small snake growing to 1 m at the most, but most adults range from 50 - 75 cm. They are grey to olive-brown or black in colour, with an indistinct banded pattern.
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Keelback snakes have salivary glands that secrete poison they ingest from eating poisonous toads. While both venom and poison are toxins, a venom requires direct delivery, for instance subcutaneously through a snake bite, but can be ingested without harm.
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The tiger keelback snake (Rhabdophis tigrinus) is a venomous (and poisonous) colubrid from Japan that gets its toxin primarily from eating toxic toads, one of its main prey items.
And, closer to home:
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Several of these species are quite venomous and extreme care should be taken around them. The most dangerous may be the Red-necked Keelback, found in lowland wetlands across the country and linked to several near-fatal reactions.Sep 22, 2563 BE
Keelbacks of Thailand
Attachment 90177The man at the seed store told me to plant tomatoes in September, but here it is July and I'm getting a lot of tomatoes set. This was a volunteer plant and I had no reason to pull it, it must have 15 tomatoes.
This purple plant [google says Cordyline] lives in the shade of the Lamyai tree and loves all this rain we've been having. These are just cuttings off the mother plant.
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