Front-Fanged Snakes
Front-fanged Thailand snakes — the cobras, kraits, coral snakes and sea snakes whose erect, fixed front fangs deliver fast-acting venom.
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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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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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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…
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Pope’s Pit Viper (Trimeresurus popeiorum) — Northern Thailand’s Highland Green Viper
Pope’s Pit Viper is the green pit viper most people meet on a hike through the cool, misty hill forests…
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Kanburi Pit Viper (Trimeresurus kanburiensis) — Kanchanaburi Endemic
The Kanburi Pit Viper is one of those species that exists almost entirely on a single limestone hill range in…
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