Is it a cobra?

[NotEinstein]

 

 

[This Guy]

Looks to be a Siamese spitting cobra but I'm not an expert
try this forum on FB they're fantastic.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/snakesofisaan

Edit: I've sent your video to the group as they are a closed group, as soon as i get a response I'll let you know

[This Guy]

Location? (could help with ID)

[NotEinstein]

  On 10/21/2024 at 1:08 AM, This Guy said:

Location? (could help with ID)

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Chiang Mai

[NotEinstein]

This is my 4th 'encounter' with this visitor over the last 6 months or so.

Probably explains why the jinjog population has crashed.

[Hummin]

Best to ID snakes is the regional snake pages in Thailand at fb. Try Snakes in Chiang Mai

[Hummin]

I would think it is a rat snake and not a cobra, but hard to tell from your video in that light. 

[NowNow]

How about my snake? Apologies for the poor quality of the photograph.

 

[1sickpuppy]

  On 10/21/2024 at 4:35 AM, Hummin said:

I would think it is a rat snake and not a cobra, but hard to tell from your video in that light. 

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I doubt it they normally have the wider head when they put there head up, but im no expert

[Hummin]

  On 10/21/2024 at 5:32 AM, NowNow said:

How about my snake? Apologies for the poor quality of the photograph.

 

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Sunbeam snake, harmless

[nobodysfriend]

Not a cobra .

Cobras are darker ( I have seen many here ) .

Let it live , It eats mice and frogs .

[NoDisplayName]

  On 10/21/2024 at 6:36 AM, nobodysfriend said:

Not a cobra .

Cobras are darker ( I have seen many here ) .

Let it live , It eats mice and frogs .

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Many color variations possible.

At a market in Chiang Mai, 2008.

 

[MartinL]

  On 10/21/2024 at 6:19 AM, Hummin said:

Sunbeam snake, harmless

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Yes, 100%.

[NicoBKK]

not cobra but a nice fella.

[NowNow]

  On 10/21/2024 at 6:19 AM, Hummin said:

Sunbeam snake, harmless

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My mum asked 😊

[NotEinstein]

I didn't get to take a pic. of it's back, but it had a similar pattern, and colour as the pic. above

[ujayujay]

Wonderful Snake! Seems to be a rare white Burmese Phyton, can bite, but not poisonous. They grab their prey with a powerful bite and strangle it to death.

[farmerjo]

Here is a King Cobra that was under the bonnet of our pickup last week.

Thanks to the quick response from some locals.

[john donson]

time for some mozzie nets?  close the window and shop off the head

[GammaGlobulin]

Yes.

It's a King Cobra...

 

 

 

[pacovl46]

The easiest way to find out is to put on a motorcycle helmet and get near it. If it hoods up and hisses it’s a cobra, if it spits at you it’s definitely a cobra. I don’t think it’s a spitter, though, because they have black markings and they’re usually very visible. There are spitters, though, that are almost completely white. In terms of head shape, eye size and eye location on the head, I’d say it’s definitely a cobra. They usually want nothing to do with humans, given the chance they’ll just eff off. They also strike from the top down, which makes their striking range very predictable. Next time it shows up, put on a helmet, put the visor down and walk up to it. 2 meters of distance will do the trick just fine. 

[pacovl46]

  On 10/21/2024 at 9:44 AM, ujayujay said:

Wonderful Snake! Seems to be a rare white Burmese Phyton, can bite, but not poisonous. They grab their prey with a powerful bite and strangle it to death.

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It’s definitely not a python. Their head shape is completely different and they have hear seeking pits on the side of their head, which would be clearly visible in this video. 

[pacovl46]

  On 10/21/2024 at 1:51 PM, GammaGlobulin said:

Yes.

It's a King Cobra...

 

 

 

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Nope. A king cobra with that body width would be considerably longer and the color would also be different and the head would be much larger. 

[NotEinstein]

  On 10/21/2024 at 7:01 PM, pacovl46 said:

The easiest way to find out is to put on a motorcycle helmet and get near it. If it hoods up and hisses it’s a cobra, if it spits at you it’s definitely a cobra. I don’t think it’s a spitter, though, because they have black markings and they’re usually very visible. There are spitters, though, that are almost completely white. In terms of head shape, eye size and eye location on the head, I’d say it’s definitely a cobra. They usually want nothing to do with humans, given the chance they’ll just eff off. They also strike from the top down, which makes their striking range very predictable. Next time it shows up, put on a helmet, put the visor down and walk up to it. 2 meters of distance will do the trick just fine. 

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I've been within 2 meters of him twice before - once on top of the washing machine, and he scarpered quickly down the back, then as I turned a corner he was coming from the lumyai orchard behind. We both stopped within 2 meters of each other (the mexican standoff), I then waved and he turned and fled back through the fence. I'm obviously not going to walk around with a helmet on for months on the off-chance I might bump into him again........

[pacovl46]

  On 10/22/2024 at 5:03 AM, NotEinstein said:

I've been within 2 meters of him twice before - once on top of the washing machine, and he scarpered quickly down the back, then as I turned a corner he was coming from the lumyai orchard behind. We both stopped within 2 meters of each other (the mexican standoff), I then waved and he turned and fled back through the fence. I'm obviously not going to walk around with a helmet on for months on the off-chance I might bump into him again........

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I never said to walk around with a helmet on for months until you see him again. 

 

Did he hood up and hiss or spit at you? 

 

Next time you come across him try to take a bird's-eye view pic of his head. This will make identification easier. 

[NotEinstein]

  On 10/22/2024 at 7:31 AM, pacovl46 said:

I never said to walk around with a helmet on for months until you see him again. 

 

Did he hood up and hiss or spit at you? 

 

Next time you come across him try to take a bird's-eye view pic of his head. This will make identification easier. 

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No, he just froze as I did, and then turned and fled when I waved my hand.

I don't walk around with a phone, but anyway I doubt I would have time to get anywhere near taking a photo if I did. These encounters only last for a few seconds.....

 

Over the years I've had other snakes 'surprise' me  a couple of times by passing over my foot whilst mowing the grass and we had to get the tessabahn snake wrangler out to remove a non-lethal green snake from under the residence stairs a few years back.

 

This fellar had just eaten a mouse:

 

 

[NotEinstein]

Found the tessabahn snake wrangler pics.....

 

[josephbloggs]

  On 10/22/2024 at 9:47 AM, NotEinstein said:

This fellar had just eaten a mouse:

 

 

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A white snake had eaten a white mouse during a blizzard??

[NotEinstein]

  On 10/22/2024 at 11:02 AM, josephbloggs said:

A white snake had eaten a white mouse during a blizzard??

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Ah! - I'll try again:

 

[delgarcon]

  On 10/21/2024 at 5:32 AM, NowNow said:

How about my snake? Apologies for the poor quality of the photograph.

 

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Am I the only one that can see buddha in the plastic bag?