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Are White Snakes Rare? Where Can I Find It?

by Vern
Albino monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia) is exceptionally clean looking. And deadly.

White snakes rarely occur in the wild and usually only as the result of abinism or leucism. White snakes are the result of a mutation in the genes during reproduction that prevents the production of melanin. Melanin is a pigment that gives animals (and us) color in the cells. Many people see white ball pythons, … Read more

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Categories snake-identification Tags albinism, albino snakes, leucism, leucistic snakes, white snakes

Free eBook – Common Thailand Snakes (Get Yours!)

by Vern

I just finished a video overview of the free ebook I’ve been offering here for just over a year – “Common Thailand Snakes.” If you haven’t joined yet (here) check out the video and see what you’ll get – an easy way to identify the most common snakes you’re likely to see in Thailand.

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Worldwide Snake Identification Site

by Vern

A few years back I implemented a feature on this site that I wasn’t sure would be used very often, but I thought it would be nice to have for visitors and expats living in Thailand. The feature was the Snake ID Form – you can see the link for it over on the right … Read more

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Thailand Snakes at Facebook

by Vern

I decided to create a Facebook group for Thailand snakes. It is just much easier to get photos up there, and since I haven’t put together a photo database of venomous and non-venomous snakes, I will do it over there because it’s so fast. Go check it out and “Like” it to join the page … Read more

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Unidentified Snake

by Vern

A woman sent me this photo of a snake she said they found on an island in Thailand. Apparently the snake found them, it dropped out of a tree and landed on one of them. Another friend threw it off into the tree. I don’t recognize the snake. It almost looks like a krait, but … Read more

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