Thread: What snake?

Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai

He beheaded the snake with a shovel—but when he went to dispose of it, the severed head bit him. "

I shouldn't laugh.
It's a bit like catching barracuda, sharks, or morays. They can still cut you even when dead.

Originally Posted by Maanaam

I shouldn't laugh.
It's a bit like catching barracuda, sharks, or morays. They can still cut you even when dead.

Akin to a few members here.
Seemingly able to post when dead [metaphorically].

Originally Posted by prawnograph

Ok, may well be this one?
Fortunately one of us was watching our step ...

Indeed. Malaysian Pit Viper not one to mess with.

Btw, I find this link useful.

https://www.thailandsnakes.com

Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai

as far as I am concerned the only safe snake is a dead snake, and not even then.

What about the one eyed trouser snake? My missus can't get enough of mine.

Judging by the angle; that’s a really close up photo of that Malaysian pit viper

Originally Posted by Dillinger

Judging by the angle; that’s a really close up photo of that Malaysian pit viper

...waiting for a close-up photo of the Pragmatic trouser snake...I may have encountered a similar species elsewhere...

Originally Posted by Dillinger

Judging by the angle; that’s a really close up photo of that Malaysian pit viper

Zoom from about 2m ... now I've read about this one I would not have been so bold

don’t let it bite down on you more than a second or two before you remove it.



I think that's good advice for ANY bite.

Display in our local hospital waiting room of the most common venomous snakes


Looking rather dull, they need a refresh

Cycling, I'll see roadkill, most look the same when flattened and sun-dried, but the yellow/black kraits stand out, told they hang around water, lots of fish and prawn farms locally

The above way of identifying snakes is dated. Once upon a time it was recommended that you kill the snake that bit you and take it with you to the hospital. Now there's this.

Now, scientists in Thailand have found a way to make a single antivenom that works against 18 species of snake found in Asia and Africa. The team maintains that their version will be more affordable and more widely useful, helping to bring antivenom to the resource-strapped regions that need it most.

Good link here. https://news.nationalgeographic.com/...frica-animals/

My eyesight ain't what it used to be. Anyone recognise any of these?

Originally Posted by Neverna

I wouldn't have a clue just by looking at them but the Tahi says they are (top to bottom):

Malayan pit viper
Pit viper
Banded krait
Russell’s viper
Cobra
King Cobra

I can't read Thai, and you'll have to take me on my word on this, but that was what I just said to myself when I was looking at the picture.

Admittedly, I am a bit of a snake geek though and seem to come across them everywhere I go (I had 2 pit vipers and a python in my garden when I was living in Thailand).

Good effort, Gentlemen.

I didn't realize that a banded krait was the size of a cobra; aren't the Kraits the ones with the horrible venom that eats the muscles away - would rather be bitten by a cobra than one of those bastards...

An old link but not bad as snakes here don't change much.

Thai Snakes - TeakDoor.com - The Thailand Forum

Came home the other night to find this pair on the lounge room floor, just inside the front door !!


The snake had swallowed a small lizard but it looks as if the lizard managed to chew or scratch it's way out of the snakes belly before dying ? The lizard's tail was still inside the snake, which was half dead when I found it ....and soon completely dead when I scooped them up in a dust pan and threw it out on to the road in front of a car !
I probably should not have told the missus, she was paranoid for the rest of the evening !

^ Tree snake.

Good grief ! Those geckos are tough little buggers ! At least it looks like the head shape of a gecko..

^ Not sure if it was a gecko, it looked to be a little bit bigger than the usual geckos we have running around the house. Not that I got down close to really check it out.......

Originally Posted by Latindancer

Good grief ! Those geckos are tough little buggers ! At least it looks like the head shape of a gecko..

Could have been a young Tookay. Same family but Tookay nastier.

Like a smaller version of this:

Somewhere i have a picture of me in a line of people in London Zoo, c1971 ( is used to go every month and loved seeing Guy the Gorilla a massive Silverback) where they had got out their Anaconda, there were something like 40 people lined up holding it and at its broadest point looks c 50cm in diameter.

I love snakes, think they are beautiful and avoid trying to harm them at all cost but recognise their danger if you have kids etc - the trouble in Thailand is their default is 1) kill the fuking thing or 2) kill the thing and eat it.

they really could do with getting their Buddhist compass realigned.

Originally Posted by NamPikToot

I love snakes, think they are beautiful

The one eyed trouser rattler?