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Identify this snake

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She came to pay me a visit this afternoon. Poisonous?

Edited by orchis

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Looks to me like a tree snake or a rat snake. In that case they are not posing any danger to humans.

Checkered keelback ??

Rat snake. They move like greased lightening but are harmless

Agree - could be a Checkered Keelback - non venomous  - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkered_keelback

 

But best to be safe and stay away or call the local snake catcher - could easily be something else and venomous.

Golden tree snake, mostly green in colour and usually very fast to clear off if they feel threatened. We got at least one resident in the garden, we leave it alone now, it actually got inside our ground floor ceiling void in the last wet season and was only persuaded to go by half a can of red Chaindrite bug spray squirted up which made the environment untenable.

 

We watched it exit under the tiles outside where it got in via a little gap at the eaves of an architectural feature eyebrow roof at the side of the house. We evicted a family of rats a year or so ago and thought we'd blocked up all the holes then, but they can get in through very small holes. We tie mosquito net over all our air-con drains now as twice one got up the drain and shed it's skin inside the inside unit. 

 

But they are harmless to humans!

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysopelea_ornata

 

Edited by cliveshep

Yeah, Flying Golden Tree Snake. One of the most common snakes you'll find in Thailand. Named as they can jump from tree to tree by flattening their bodies and gliding. Not lethal but they do have mild venom. It secretes from their back teeth. They'd have to chew on a human for several minutes and even then you'd just feel bad for a short time, but quite effective on small lizards, frogs and mammals. Harmless.

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Thanks everyone.

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That isn't a Golden Tree Snake. More like a Rat Snake.

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