Wildlife Experts Help ?

[Cobalt60]

Saw this fine looking snake and manged to get a picture without getting eaten

I wonder if anyone could put a name to it ( no not bloody Sid) and if its bite is well avoided.

It was up the road a bit near KL actually, I asked locals what it was, they said " snake"

[Farma]

I think it's an Elegant Bronzeback. Take a look at this link. http://ecologyasia.com/verts/snakes/elegant_bronzeback.htm

[Cobalt60]

That was quick, thanks very much. Must say mine is a bigger bugger than the pics they have. It didnt say about their bite, but I guess it cant be too bad, (not that I would want one)

[ElectricNorth]

If it is the Elegant Bronzeback then it is classified non / mildly poisonous according to i-net.

[Farma]

There’s another possibility. A newly identified snake.

From http://singaporesnakes.blogspot.com/search...nt%20Bronzeback

This elegant-looking snake that we have been calling Elegant Bronzeback (Dendrelaphis formosus) actually does not have a name until 18 January 2007 (Vogel & Rooijen, 2007). It is now named as Kopstein's Bronzeback (Dendrelaphis kopsteini), after Dr Felix Kopstein (1893-1939). This newly-described species is thus different from Elegant Bronzeback, which is also found in Singapore.

Photo here. http://bp0.blogger.com/_KmyNZhbkE5s/Rps86r...ee_1989_53a.jpg

[Cobalt60]

Now that looks more like it. Same size (1 mtr roughly) and it definately showed red as I approached it. Nice to think I have seen something not so common maybe.

[canuckamuck]

good photo, and a beautiful snake too.

Nice work.

[Cobalt60]

Thank you.

I was a bit concerned that I had been working in the area all week and had not given a thought to the wildlife

He/she was eating a lizard that was to my eyes way way to big, but down it went no problem.

I waited until it had finished before I got too close, wouldnt like to interupt a meal.

Edited August 31, 2007 by Cobalt60

[roguegirl]

I think it's an Elegant Bronzeback. Take a look at this link. http://ecologyasia.com/verts/snakes/elegant_bronzeback.htm

Mmmmmmm... it does look elegant IMHO. But it certainly don't look as delicious as the python.