Snake Breeds
Thailand snake species (breeds) — full list, photos and identification notes for the snakes you’re most likely to encounter.
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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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Large-Eyed Pit Viper (Trimeresurus macrops) — The Bangkok Garden Pit Viper
If you live in Bangkok and you are ever going to see a venomous snake in your garden, the Large-Eyed…
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Pope’s Bamboo Pit Viper — Highland Form and Subspecies of Trimeresurus popeiorum
The taxonomy around Trimeresurus popeiorum has been argued over for nearly a century. The “Pope’s Bamboo Pit Viper” name has…
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Wirot’s Palm Viper (Trimeresurus wiroti) — Southern Thailand’s Forgotten Pit Viper
Wirot’s Palm Viper is one of those species nobody outside herpetology had heard of until the 2000s. Trimeresurus wiroti was…
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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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