Deadly Thailand Snakes
Thailand’s most dangerous snakes — kraits, cobras, Russell’s viper, Malayan pit viper and others responsible for serious envenomation cases.
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What Snake Kills You the Fastest? — The King Cobra Argument
Some snakes kill slowly. The Many-Banded Krait (Bungarus multicinctus) bite can take 30 hours to produce respiratory failure even untreated.…
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Rhabdophis subminiatus — The Snake Whose Bite Can Kill You Days Later
This is the snake whose bite many people misjudge — including doctors, sometimes. Rhabdophis subminiatus is small, slender, and at…
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Burmese Python — Why a Non-Venomous Snake Can Still Be Dangerous
“Non-venomous” does not mean “safe to handle”. The Burmese Python is the textbook example. Python bivittatus is the largest non-venomous…
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Shaw’s Sea Snake (Hydrophis curtus) — Common, Stout, Bycatch-Famous
Shaw’s Sea Snake is the true sea snake we run into most often in Thai waters. Hydrophis curtus (older literature:…
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Hagen’s Pit Viper (Trimeresurus hageni) — Southern Thailand’s Big Green Bamboo Viper
Hagen’s Pit Viper is the biggest of the green bamboo pit vipers we run into in southern Thailand. Trimeresurus hageni…
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