Snake in Phutthamonthon Park

[Bonecollector]

Rat Snake?

[Mendip]

I thought of a radiated rat snake at first but it doesn't look quite right.

I think maybe a painted bronzeback? I've never seen one down this way.

[Bonecollector]

I thought of a radiated rat snake at first but it doesn't look quite right.

I think maybe a painted bronzeback? I've never seen one down this way.

I concur, thanks Mendy. For an avid hiker of Thai jungles, I am woefully poor on my snake species. He/ she was very nervous, I have a video of it, swaying it's head area side to side. So the character fits as well.

[Bonecollector]

Do we have a snakes of Thailand page on here?

[Mendip]

This is my go to snake identification book and it will fit in your back pocket while hiking.

[Bonecollector]

^excellent, thank you mate

[prawnograph]

Do we have a snakes of Thailand page on here?

What snake?

[reinvented]

Thai Biodiversity Survey & Species ID

if you Facebook, these guys know their stuff

[thailazer]

Isn't the painted bronzeback called a "Singh" snake (nngoo Singh) by locals? If it is the one I am thinking of they are common in rice fields and tend to move much faster than most snakes. Saw them whip across the roads and trails at warp speed many times up in Mae Taeng.

[Shutree]

I think maybe a painted bronzeback? I've never seen one down this way.

Looks like a Bronzeback, based on the head in the second picture. There are quite a few around here. Very slender and usually about 1 metre.

There is a website that is sometimes useful:

Cobras in Your Yard? What to Do? | ThailandSnakes

[Mendip]

^^ I thought nngoo singh was the rat snake although to be honest I haven't met many Thais who can tell one snake from another. Around this way they seem to kill all snakes in case it's a bad one.

[Shutree]

Probably a Painted bronzeback, aka Common bronzeback. In Thai: งูสายม่านพระอินทร์ (ngu sai man pha inn), according to this website:

Common bronzeback (Dendrelaphis pictus)

[Shutree]

I though nngoo singh was the rat snake

I believe so. This also from the National Parks website:

Oriental rat snake

Ptyas mucosa

(In Thai: งูสิงหางลาย, ngu sing hang lai)

[Bonecollector]

^^ I thought nngoo singh was the rat snake although to be honest I haven't met many Thais who can tell one snake from another. Around this way they seem to kill all snakes in case it's a bad one.

They all seem to be particularly good with birds and trees though.

[Bonecollector]

What snake?

I was talking about teakdoor. Would be good for all of us to catalogue what we find.

[prawnograph]

I was talking about teakdoor. Would be good for all of us to catalogue what we find.

It is, that's a link to Teakdoor's What Snake thread which dates back to 2015

[Bonecollector]

It is, that's a link to Teakdoor's What Snake thread which dates back to 2015

Shit 555 sorry mate, thanks very much

[Shutree]

Here is a Bronzeback from my garden. Harmless, unless you happen to be a frog.

[Bonecollector]

They do a funny shuffle with their head when they notice you. I read that they are very nervous.

[tomcat]

Around this way they seem to kill all snakes in case it's a bad one.

...well, of course...