Non-Venomous Snakes
Thailand’s non-venomous snakes — pythons, rat snakes, kukri snakes, racers and more. ID photos, range and behaviour, plus what to do if you find one.
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Jagor’s Water Snake — Field Notes from Lowland Pond Surveys
This is a working notebook of our field encounters with Jagor’s Water Snake. The full species profile lives on our…
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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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Javan File Snake (Acrochordus javanicus) — The Wrinkly Aquatic Constrictor
The Javan File Snake looks like nothing else in Thai waters. Acrochordus javanicus is a heavy-bodied, fully aquatic, non-venomous constrictor…
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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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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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