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Snake Identification
Snake Identification in Thailand — A Practical Decision Tree
Identifying a snake quickly in Thailand is a skill, not a guess. The decision-tree approach works far better than flipping…
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Rear-Fanged Snakes
Black-Headed Cat Snake (Boiga nigriceps) — Southern Thailand’s Striking Red Tree Snake
The Black-Headed Cat Snake is the strikingly coloured red-and-black tree snake of southern Thailand’s lowland forest. Boiga nigriceps stands out…
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Rear-Fanged Snakes
Many-Spotted Cat Snake (Boiga multomaculata) — Mildly Venomous, Strikingly Patterned
The Many-Spotted Cat Snake is one of those quiet small-to-medium snakes that lives almost everywhere in Thailand without anyone noticing.…
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Rear-Fanged Snakes
Dog-Faced Water Snake (Cerberus rynchops) — The Mangrove Bicycle Snake
The Dog-Faced Water Snake is the mangrove specialist that fishermen on the Andaman coast pull out of their nets in…
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Non-Venomous Snakes
Wall’s Bronzeback / Blue Bronzeback (Dendrelaphis cyanochloris) — The Flash of Blue
Wall’s Bronzeback is the bronze-and-blue tree snake people remember after they have seen one inflate. Dendrelaphis cyanochloris is one of…
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