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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Thailand Snake ID Quiz — How Many Can You Identify?
Bright leaf-green snake on a low branch in a Bangkok garden, white upper lip, rusty tail, vertical pupil. Triangular head…
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Plumbeous Water Snake (Hypsiscopus plumbea) — Tiny, Mild-Venom Rice-Paddy Snake
The Plumbeous Water Snake is the small, dark, easily-missed water snake we pull up in dip nets in flooded rice…
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Rare Gold Python Bred in Captivity in Nakhon Si Thammarat
A rare gold-coloured Burmese Python was successfully bred in captivity by a Thai keeper in Nakhon Si Thammarat — a…
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Jagor’s Water Snake (Enhydris jagori) — Slim, Cylindrical, Common in Lowland Ponds
Jagor’s Water Snake is one of the small, unobtrusive freshwater snakes that lives in numbers in Thailand’s lowland reservoirs and…
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Green Keelback (Rhabdophis nigrocinctus) — Field ID Tips and Bite Notes
The Green Keelback is one of the more confusing IDs in Thai herping. Rhabdophis nigrocinctus shares a body plan, a…
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