MrRed Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
necronx99 Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Hard to tell without seeing the back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRed Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onionluke Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 That snake looks like a Rainbow Water Snake . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRed Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 Just looked at them but don't see the yellow markings??,it is not poisonous as it actually bit my friend yesterday and he is still alive and there are many of them about in the garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Peter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Looks like a Checkered Keelback: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onionluke Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Looks like a Checkered Keelback: Is that a dangerous poisonous snake ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Looks like a Checkered Keelback: Is that a dangerous poisonous snake ? No, non-venomous but does like to bite as your friend found out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goshawk Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Looks like a Checkered Keelback: Close... its a Yellow-spotted or Common Keelback (Xenochrophis flavipunctatus). A close relative of the Chequered that used to be considered the same species as it was thought to be just a colour variant of the same animal. Now recognised a separate species. The difference is in the head pattern, lack of strong chequered markings & detail to certain scales. A recent i.d. thread featured the same snake. (Tywais, your pic is actually showing sp.flavipunctatus & not a true Chequered) here's another... ...and here is a true Chequered Keelback sp. piscator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRed Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 Thanks folks to all for the input in identification especially to Goshawk and Tywais Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onionluke Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 (edited) 20652_300874033071_777198071_4532953_2934546_n uch well it better I can not post this picture of a dead snake , although it is similar to the OP's Edited April 19, 2012 by onionluke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaowong1 Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 oh my god, those things are so delicious. just kidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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