What Kind Of Snake Is This?

[lingling]

Green/black pattern, wide stripes across its head. A bit of googling suggests 'Chrysopelea ornata' or Golden Tree Snake. Is there any other snake with similar looks or can I assume that this is what I am dealing with?

[uncle paul]

Green/black pattern, wide stripes across its head. A bit of googling suggests 'Chrysopelea ornata' or Golden Tree Snake. Is there any other snake with similar looks or can I assume that this is what I am dealing with?

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just kill it and eat

[khall64au]

Green/black pattern, wide stripes across its head. A bit of googling suggests 'Chrysopelea ornata' or Golden Tree Snake. Is there any other snake with similar looks or can I assume that this is what I am dealing with?

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It looks like a viper to me. Have had a very similar looking snake (diamond shaped head???) in my house 3x's now. They are poisonous but not too aggressive. Not to me anyway! Just give it an escape route and leave it alone.

[BambinA]

for me ,it look like "green snake" (ngoo kheow,งูเขียว) Cyclophiops semicarinatus

(just my opinion, im net a snake expert)

Bambi

Edited August 2, 2005 by BambinA

[billd766]

We used to have the odd rat or two up country but then the snake moved in on the land.

Now, no more rats.

If we meet the snake anywhere we both stop, and go in different directions.

I don't bother the snake and he doesn't bother me. Not the sort of thing to have as a pet but OK in its place.

[thaibebop]

Pet snakes are great! I used to have several.

[richard10365]

Green/black pattern, wide stripes across its head. A bit of googling suggests 'Chrysopelea ornata' or Golden Tree Snake. Is there any other snake with similar looks or can I assume that this is what I am dealing with?

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It looks like a viper to me. Have had a very similar looking snake (diamond shaped head???) in my house 3x's now. They are poisonous but not too aggressive. Not to me anyway! Just give it an escape route and leave it alone.

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[simon43]

Lingling, I reckon that snake is the very deadly Killus Farangus, which is known to have an appetite for fatty, white flesh

Best get out of there fast:)

[richard10365]

Green/black pattern, wide stripes across its head. A bit of googling suggests 'Chrysopelea ornata' or Golden Tree Snake. Is there any other snake with similar looks or can I assume that this is what I am dealing with?

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It looks like a viper to me. Have had a very similar looking snake (diamond shaped head???) in my house 3x's now. They are poisonous but not too aggressive. Not to me anyway! Just give it an escape route and leave it alone.

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It looks like a viper to me. Most are poisionous. If you have kids around, I would relocate the snake or kill it. You know how curious kids can be.

[monsieurhappy]

Green/black pattern, wide stripes across its head. A bit of googling suggests 'Chrysopelea ornata' or Golden Tree Snake. Is there any other snake with similar looks or can I assume that this is what I am dealing with?

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Although your pic is in b/w it looks very much like the one I get often in my garden. As far as I know it's a tree snake and it's harmless, saying that I'm terrified of snakes but I wouldn't harm this one, just like to know if it's there in case I put my foot on it. We had one in the mango tree for weeks, then one day it's just hanging there. It looked like it tied itself into a knot and couldn't release itself so it died.

[WhiteShiva]

Green/black pattern, wide stripes across its head. A bit of googling suggests 'Chrysopelea ornata' or Golden Tree Snake. Is there any other snake with similar looks or can I assume that this is what I am dealing with?

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Although your pic is in b/w it looks very much like the one I get often in my garden. As far as I know it's a tree snake and it's harmless, saying that I'm terrified of snakes but I wouldn't harm this one, just like to know if it's there in case I put my foot on it. We had one in the mango tree for weeks, then one day it's just hanging there. It looked like it tied itself into a knot and couldn't release itself so it died.

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Agree - probably a tree snake. It does not seem to have the triangular head typical of vipers. Better play safe for now - Get a better picture taken for a start.

Edited August 3, 2005 by WhiteShiva

[Dragonman]

Green/black pattern, wide stripes across its head. A bit of googling suggests 'Chrysopelea ornata' or Golden Tree Snake. Is there any other snake with similar looks or can I assume that this is what I am dealing with?

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Although your pic is in b/w it looks very much like the one I get often in my garden. As far as I know it's a tree snake and it's harmless, saying that I'm terrified of snakes but I wouldn't harm this one, just like to know if it's there in case I put my foot on it. We had one in the mango tree for weeks, then one day it's just hanging there. It looked like it tied itself into a knot and couldn't release itself so it died.

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Agree - probably a tree snake. It does not seem to have the triangular head typical of vipers. Better play safe for now - Get a better picture taken for a start.

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Looks exactly like the tree snake I chased from my porch with a brush last year. Hit him off the roof and chased him down the lawn. My wife was terrified.

Wouldn't recommend it however as I'm simply mad, and have also chased crocodiles off my land in Africa.

[lampard10]

I'm not an expert, but it looks to me like a Mangrove Snake

[h90]

My motorbike guy from Isaan is a specialist for such things, he know every animal arround, but mostly he has only two categories "can eat" and "can not eat". But never saw a species which "can not eat", they seem to be very rare.

i can send it for you, after he is finish with the geckos in our office....

[Neeranam]

I'd be very careful, it looks a bit like a snake I saw once which was very very dangerous - a banded krait, which the Thais call a "ngu saam liam", I think.

[Sir Burr]

Have just blown up your picture and have consulted my snake field guide (Snakes and other reptiles of peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand).

You are absolutely correct. It is a Golden Tree snake. Very common here in Thailand and harmless.

[kurgen]

Looks like one I often see, called the lesser spotted one eyed trouser snake.

Handle with EXTREME care,has been known to spit venom several feet.

If the venom comes into contact with your eyes rinse thoroughly with warm water and seek medical assistance.

[mrbojangles]

Ever soooo slightly but does anyone know what type of Snakes live in the Chaiya Phum area. Firstly, because when me and the Wife go there i'm very wary Secondly, the wifes dad is getting very old and won't quit working on the neighbours farm. So that he can take life a bit more easy, we've decided to buy him 5 or 6 Pigletts as a surprise (my wife says he's talked about it in the past) and he can take care of them and make some money from them when they are nice and juicy However, i don't know what Snakes are around and so don't know what kind of shelter they require. The wifes dad will obviously know but that will spoil the surprise

Mr BoJ

[Clip_My_Wings]

poor snake ..

do you think he might be suffering from multi personality disorder? either way im sure hes going through an identity crisis why you guys figure out exactly whom he is

[meelousee]

Green/black pattern, wide stripes across its head. A bit of googling suggests 'Chrysopelea ornata' or Golden Tree Snake. Is there any other snake with similar looks or can I assume that this is what I am dealing with?

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Common tree snake, this one is a green there is another that is gold very pretty, variety non poisonous but ALL snake bites hurt. Keep it outside rats and mice don’t like this guy, if you have kids around just let them know this is not a pet but a Rat Guard

Oh yea they dont taste good, tell the maid Gin mai dai!

[wolf5370]

Keep it outside rats and mice don’t like this guy, if you have kids around just let them know this is not a pet but a Rat Guard

Oh yea they dont taste good, tell the maid Gin mai dai!

Or better yet, tell her "Noo Gin Dai, Arroy Ded", and you won't need the snake .

Edited August 3, 2005 by wolf5370

[lingling]

It looks like a viper to me. Most are poisionous. If you have kids around, I would relocate the snake or kill it. You know how curious kids can be.

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That is exactly why I want to not leave it alone... My son thinks he is the "snake hunter" on discovery channel.

[Nam Kao]

My cat came home with a snake wrapped around its neck. Puff bit it dead

center and the snake was trying to bite and sufficate him.

[coldcrush]

It looks the same as the rubber snakes they sell in the kids dept at Big C...however dont ask me I am English!

[lingling]

Agree - probably a tree snake.  It does not seem to have the triangular head typical of vipers.  Better play safe for now - Get a better picture taken for a start.

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I will take a better photo if it comes out of wherever it is hiding when I am home. (Then I'll try to catch it and will be able to take some better closeups). This pic was taken through a window by my wife. When I got home it was already gone - probably 15m up in the mango tree...

[WhiteShiva]

Ever soooo slightly    but does anyone know what type of Snakes live in the Chaiya Phum area. Firstly, because when me and the Wife go there i'm very wary  Secondly, the wifes dad is getting very old and won't quit working on the neighbours farm. So that he can take life a bit more easy, we've decided to buy him 5 or 6 Pigletts as a surprise (my wife says he's talked about it in the past) and he can take care of them and make some money from them when they are nice and juicy  However, i don't know what Snakes are around and so don't know what kind of shelter they require. The wifes dad will obviously know but that will spoil the surprise 

Mr BoJ

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ChaiyaPhum would probably have the same types of snakes as anywhere else in Thailand. With the exception of pythons, there are no snakes big enough to consider a piglet a potential meal, so I wouldn't worry too much. Even a hungry python would only be able to eat a single piglet (and then probably not feed again for a few months), so I wouldn't really worry.

Remember that snakes will bite to either 1) protect themselves, or 2) to kill prey. My wifes parents have a pair of cobras living in a bamboo grove 50 meters from their house, and they don't seem concerned at all.....

If your father-in-law has dogs around, I don't think there will be much to worry about - snakes and dogs normally don't mix.....

[cmsally]

Should be a golden tree snake - very common.

Non poisonous (so the book says!)

Generally find though they stay out of your way and not aggressive - never had to kill one. They love to eat geckos and small birds. I've got a picture of one somewhere consuming a lizard.

Sometimes they crawl into roof/window space to get out of the rain when its very wet. Some mossie spray usually does the trick - they hate mossie spray!

[mrbojangles]

Ever soooo slightly    but does anyone know what type of Snakes live in the Chaiya Phum area. Firstly, because when me and the Wife go there i'm very wary  Secondly, the wifes dad is getting very old and won't quit working on the neighbours farm. So that he can take life a bit more easy, we've decided to buy him 5 or 6 Pigletts as a surprise (my wife says he's talked about it in the past) and he can take care of them and make some money from them when they are nice and juicy  However, i don't know what Snakes are around and so don't know what kind of shelter they require. The wifes dad will obviously know but that will spoil the surprise 

Mr BoJ

ChaiyaPhum would probably have the same types of snakes as anywhere else in Thailand. With the exception of pythons, there are no snakes big enough to consider a piglet a potential meal, so I wouldn't worry too much. Even a hungry python would only be able to eat a single piglet (and then probably not feed again for a few months), so I wouldn't really worry.

Remember that snakes will bite to either 1) protect themselves, or 2) to kill prey. My wifes parents have a pair of cobras living in a bamboo grove 50 meters from their house, and they don't seem concerned at all.....

If your father-in-law has dogs around, I don't think there will be much to worry about - snakes and dogs normally don't mix.....

Cheers WhiteShiva, that puts mine and the piglets minds at ease I will sleep more easily at nights when i go there now. Darn, no i won't, nearly forgot about the farang eating ANTS

Mr BoJ

[WhiteShiva]

Ever soooo slightly    but does anyone know what type of Snakes live in the Chaiya Phum area. Firstly, because when me and the Wife go there i'm very wary  Secondly, the wifes dad is getting very old and won't quit working on the neighbours farm. So that he can take life a bit more easy, we've decided to buy him 5 or 6 Pigletts as a surprise (my wife says he's talked about it in the past) and he can take care of them and make some money from them when they are nice and juicy  However, i don't know what Snakes are around and so don't know what kind of shelter they require. The wifes dad will obviously know but that will spoil the surprise 

Mr BoJ

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ChaiyaPhum would probably have the same types of snakes as anywhere else in Thailand. With the exception of pythons, there are no snakes big enough to consider a piglet a potential meal, so I wouldn't worry too much. Even a hungry python would only be able to eat a single piglet (and then probably not feed again for a few months), so I wouldn't really worry.

Remember that snakes will bite to either 1) protect themselves, or 2) to kill prey. My wifes parents have a pair of cobras living in a bamboo grove 50 meters from their house, and they don't seem concerned at all.....

If your father-in-law has dogs around, I don't think there will be much to worry about - snakes and dogs normally don't mix.....

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Cheers WhiteShiva, that puts mine and the piglets minds at ease I will sleep more easily at nights when i go there now. Darn, no i won't, nearly forgot about the farang eating ANTS

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Nothing to worry about - people in Easan eat ants too, and there are plenty of them to go around. If you do run out of ants, let me know, and I'll send you some from my place....

[Dragonman]

Ever soooo slightly    but does anyone know what type of Snakes live in the Chaiya Phum area. Firstly, because when me and the Wife go there i'm very wary  Secondly, the wifes dad is getting very old and won't quit working on the neighbours farm. So that he can take life a bit more easy, we've decided to buy him 5 or 6 Pigletts as a surprise (my wife says he's talked about it in the past) and he can take care of them and make some money from them when they are nice and juicy  However, i don't know what Snakes are around and so don't know what kind of shelter they require. The wifes dad will obviously know but that will spoil the surprise 

Mr BoJ

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ChaiyaPhum would probably have the same types of snakes as anywhere else in Thailand. With the exception of pythons, there are no snakes big enough to consider a piglet a potential meal, so I wouldn't worry too much. Even a hungry python would only be able to eat a single piglet (and then probably not feed again for a few months), so I wouldn't really worry.

Remember that snakes will bite to either 1) protect themselves, or 2) to kill prey. My wifes parents have a pair of cobras living in a bamboo grove 50 meters from their house, and they don't seem concerned at all.....

If your father-in-law has dogs around, I don't think there will be much to worry about - snakes and dogs normally don't mix.....

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Cheers WhiteShiva, that puts mine and the piglets minds at ease I will sleep more easily at nights when i go there now. Darn, no i won't, nearly forgot about the farang eating ANTS

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Nothing to worry about - people in Easan eat ants too, and there are plenty of them to go around. If you do run out of ants, let me know, and I'll send you some from my place....

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Yeah, when we visit the in-laws my wife always eats ant soup with her parents. Have to put it to the back of my mind before kissing her again Usually around 20 minutes