Front-Fanged Snakes
Front-fanged Thailand snakes — the cobras, kraits, coral snakes and sea snakes whose erect, fixed front fangs deliver fast-acting venom.
-
How to Identify Deadly Kraits in Thailand — Banded, Malayan, Red-Headed
Thailand has three krait species, and all of them are dangerously venomous. Kraits are responsible for a quietly disproportionate share…
Read More » -
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.…
Read More » -
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:…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
Yellow-Lipped Sea Krait (Laticauda colubrina) — Banded, Beachable, Beautifully Calm
The Yellow-Lipped Sea Krait is the banded blue-and-white snake that sometimes shows up on Thai beaches and divers see resting…
Read More »
