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Name of this snake ?

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Please, do you know this snake ? ( coming from an other forum, not my picture ) 

 

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Edited by Aforek

Yes it is a something tree snake. Rear fanged. Venomous but not very and not lethal. Beware if the tail is brown. Then it is a viper.

Golden Tree Snake.  Mildly venomous, rear fanged but not a medical danger for humans.  One of the more common snakes people encounter around their homes here.  They are excellent climbers and can be very fast.

 

There is no need to kill it or try to catch and relocate it, unless it is in your house or you have dogs and they are trying to attack it.  Then I would move it out of the house/away from the dogs.   Otherwise, I leave them alone and as long as they have a path to carry on/get away, they will.  No problem.

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thanks, I think it's a golden tree snake, too 

 

Just now, Aforek said:

thanks, I think it's a golden tree snake, too

Correct, good identification. :thumbsup:

 

Did you smash it or let it go?  Looks like a red smear on the tile in the photo.  Is that blood from the snake or??

13 minutes ago, 55Jay said:

Correct, good identification. :thumbsup:

 

Did you smash it or let it go?  Looks like a red smear on the tile in the photo.  Is that blood from the snake or??

The OP said it's not his picture, he sourced it from another forum.

 Unfortunately, it looks like someone killed this harmless creature.

 

4 minutes ago, Old Croc said:

The OP said it's not his picture, he sourced it from another forum.

 Unfortunately, it looks like someone killed this harmless creature.

Ah right, thanks.  Think he edited it into OP afterward.  

 

Pointless to smash them.  Just a little guy too.  ????

unnecessarily dead................."Gertrude"

I'm not so sure he's a golden.

 

From Thalandsnakes.com

 

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"I don't want to know why you can't. I want to know how you can!"

Green tree snake in photo at top.  They fly.  Fun to watch.  Drive my dog nuts trying to catch them and she never succeeds. 

I don't recall the name but it is ABSOLUTELY HARMLESS. Let it go about it's duties & eat frogs & lizards etc.

 

Please don't kill this one. They seem to be everywhere & doing the job that they were intended to do...as in keep down vermin.

5 hours ago, Crossy said:

I'm not so sure he's a golden.

 

From Thalandsnakes.com

 

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It is.  Pattern and colors muddled among them.  One in the photo really nice.  Vern may have  touched up the color and contrast a bit (?) to make it pop even more on screen.

Looks more like a kukri to me.

It's name is Kenny.

 

Image result for oh my god they killed kenny
 

On 1/30/2019 at 8:11 PM, Puwa said:

Looks more like a kukri to me.

Naw, nowhere near a Kukhri snake, which is also a very common, non-venomous snake in Thailand.  They do have a very sharp row of regular teeth (not front fangs) and will make you bleed a lot if you muck with them, and make them bite you defensively.

 

Kukhri Snake, 2 variations.  One check marked, the other striped. 

 

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Edited by 55Jay

killing snakes not a good idea - most people who get bitten by snakes are actually trying to kill them.

The golden tree snake is not considered dangerous anyway.

 

however one is reminded of the village in Indonesia or Malaysia the decided to rid themselves of their Cobra population and was subsequently overrun by rats and vermin. Maybe apocryphal ,but it makes the point.

Yep Tree snake wildly abundant in Thailand, used to get in my screens in kitchen all the time in Hua Hin. 

Lived in Thailand for 7 years and seen my share of snakes,

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