Another snake ID question

[bubba45]

Found this tiny fellow on the walkway near the garden.  Really small, this is best I could do with photos.  Checked several sites and I can't tell if this is a banded wolf snake or a Malayan krait.  Malayan krait = not good!!  First shot shows it coiled up against the wall.  I tapped it with a broom and it started moving.  I left, and when I came back later it had returned to the exact same spot against the wall.  I left again, then went downstairs a bit later and it had moved, but was still coiled up against the wall.  I wanted to get a picture of it uncoiled, so again I tapped it with the straw of the broom.  It didn't want to move, so I kept tapping it and it seemed to get really pissed and finally started moving.  It sorta jumped and arched it's head up like it was looking for something to attack.  It moved off into the garden.  It was so small I could have easily smashed it with my shoe. 

I'm assuming regardless of what it is, it was not born alone, so there's probably others?  Funny thing is I've seen no snakes around here for a long time.  Which I found odd.  Anyway, any educated guesses as to whether this appears to be a Malayan krait?

Thanks!

 

PS:  for the record, I'm in Mae Rim, just outside Chiang Mai.

 

 

Edited August 14, 2018 by bubba45

[Sheryl]

Looks like a banded krait to me, I regret to say.

 

I've had them in my yard too, though not recently.

[elektrified]

Banded wolf snake (IMO).

[canuckamuck]

Wolf snake was my first thought too. Malayan kraits seem to have wider bands, but not usually a band on the head. It also looks like the many banded krait, but my money is on banded wolf snake

[worgeordie]

Laotian Wolf Snake (Lycodon laoensis)

regards Worgeordie

[cmsally]

+1  Laotian wolf snake

 

Banded kraits have a fairly pronounced ridge on the back and the head/neck markings are very standard for a wolf snake

[rcjoop]

+1 Laotian wolf snake, the ridge of the kraits is usually good visible, this because of their triangular shape.
triangular snake is also their name in Thai
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[bubba45]

Thanks for the responses.  If I can follow up - since this snake was so small, I would think it hasn't traveled far.  I was under the impression snakes usually have a good number of offspring.  Might I, or shouldn't I see more of these around that part of the garden if this is true?