Scully Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Alligators, Pit vipers and cobras often get in the Village, mosquito's of course, and some thing the Town Hall catcher guys, say is not good, have had 2 in my garden in 9 years,,,,,,,,,, looks like a snake 1.4 m long but has legs and moves very fast. I would love to know more about this 1.4m long thing, never heard of it. Sounds scary. Also no idea of name, so call it a fast moving snake with legs, very like this Cheers ignis I have never seen one of those before. Anyone know It's name ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoDogz Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I would love to know more about this 1.4m long thing, never heard of it. Sounds scary. Come over to my place sometime honey... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi850m2 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Here is a couple of pix, both taken in my garden in a Moo Baan near Pattaya. The snake is actually in another garden but I heard my wife scream so I went so investigate and there it was, lol. I knocked the snake on the head with a broom stick and it quickly disappeared. I don't know if it's poisonous or not but the green color looks pretty hmmm. I don't know about the "wizard" looking animal, it's eating a frog so I can only say: Please help yourself and boon appetite, he-he. It's not the first time we encountered snakes in our garden, one time the garden people was making a monthly cleaning of the garden and they killed a snake that according to them is poisonous (I was overseas working at the time). It's a bit scary as our 3 year old son is all over the place so we try to keep it all trimmed down and have a dog On the other hand I must say it's amazing that you can have so much wildlife in such a dense human populated area, the snakes can really hide and you won't see them that often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I would love to know more about this 1.4m long thing, never heard of it. Sounds scary. Come over to my place sometime honey... That will be your nose then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansVilder Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 most dangerous animals in Thailand..? here's a few that i've encountered... cobras, kraits, women, pit-vipers, crocodiles, jet-ski operators, mosquitoes, tigers, dogs... the list goes on.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 (edited) Alligators, Pit vipers and cobras often get in the Village, mosquito's of course, and some thing the Town Hall catcher guys, say is not good, have had 2 in my garden in 9 years,,,,,,,,,, looks like a snake 1.4 m long but has legs and moves very fast. I would love to know more about this 1.4m long thing, never heard of it. Sounds scary. Also no idea of name, so call it a fast moving snake with legs, very like this Cheers ignis I have never seen one of those before. Anyone know It's name ? Elongated skink. Don't know the Latin name. Try google. Found it Riopa Haroldyoungi, ---------honest. Edited October 11, 2012 by overherebc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim207 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Elongated skink. Don't know the Latin name. Try google. Found it Riopa Haroldyoungi, ---------honest. Looks like a skink to me too. I see those all the time but never anywhere near that big. It must be a different variety than the ones around my house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Elongated skink. Don't know the Latin name. Try google. Found it Riopa Haroldyoungi, ---------honest. Yes cheers that is it Or a banded supple skink, every days a school day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignis Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Elongated skink. Don't know the Latin name. Try google. Found it Riopa Haroldyoungi, ---------honest. Yes cheers that is it Or a banded supple skink, every days a school day. As I said in my post with picture 'like this' At the time searched the internet and Riopa Haroldyoungi, grows to 30 cm long............ The catchers from the Town Hall always catch all these things and document everything, taking measurements, so not sure it is a Riopa Haroldyoungi, as was over 1 meter longer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisb Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Here is a couple of pix, both taken in my garden in a Moo Baan near Pattaya. The snake is actually in another garden but I heard my wife scream so I went so investigate and there it was, lol. I knocked the snake on the head with a broom stick and it quickly disappeared. I don't know if it's poisonous or not but the green color looks pretty hmmm. I don't know about the "wizard" looking animal, it's eating a frog so I can only say: Please help yourself and boon appetite, he-he. It's not the first time we encountered snakes in our garden, one time the garden people was making a monthly cleaning of the garden and they killed a snake that according to them is poisonous (I was overseas working at the time). It's a bit scary as our 3 year old son is all over the place so we try to keep it all trimmed down and have a dog On the other hand I must say it's amazing that you can have so much wildlife in such a dense human populated area, the snakes can really hide and you won't see them that often. that snake isnt deadly. poisonous but you wont die like a cobras poison.the lizard they call jing go. hes just a skink type lizard that will keep the rodent population down.(and frog) in this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisinth Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Heard tell that bar flies are pretty infectious here as well............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesekraft Posted October 12, 2012 Author Share Posted October 12, 2012 I saw a local kill that same kind of green snake with a stick, it was chilling on a wall and he ran up and whacked it, the snake then bit him in the hand drawing blood, and then he killed it with a second blow, washed off his hand with water at the restaurant and left, I assume they would know to go to the hospital if it was poisonous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 That snake is the Golden Tree Snake or flying snake. They are mildly venomous snakes, but their tiny, fixed rear fangs make them harmless to humans (wiki) A beautiful snake, leave them alone and they will quickly disappear. I see many in my garden. This is a pic of a baby one looking at me through the window when I was on the PC. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fareastguy Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Anything that bites can be a bit of a bugger, including the missus !! Ref #21 In the Philippines they sell for up to 3 million pesos as the Chinese buy them,probably for fighting. Knowing the Chinese their more likely to eat them to keep the old "pecker" up !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoDogz Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Just went hunting for one of the most dangerous. Son and I stalked the local roads by torch light with a stupid dog for the banded krait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovelaos Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Alligators, Pit vipers and cobras often get in the Village, mosquito's of course, and some thing the Town Hall catcher guys, say is not good, have had 2 in my garden in 9 years,,,,,,,,,, looks like a snake 1.4 m long but has legs and moves very fast. I would love to know more about this 1.4m long thing, never heard of it. Sounds scary. Also no idea of name, so call it a fast moving snake with legs, very like this Cheers ignis I have never seen one of those before. Anyone know It's name ? http://jclao.com/archives/2596 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towzak Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 The one that I most fear, though not necessarily a killer, is the centipede (scolopendra) and this critter is known to pack a pretty mean punch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosha Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Have animals made humans extinct/ - no Have you mans made animal species extinct? - yes. Therefore the answer is humans It would be the answer if the question was about humans. We aren't vegetable or mineral that leaves animals does it not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdoom6996 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 a farang behind a motorbike is pretty dangerous i reckon. Or large white druken men with more money than sence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiangmaikelly Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 a farang behind a motorbike is pretty dangerous i reckon. Or large white druken men with more money than sence How about people who don't know the difference between a large drunken man and an animal? Like, if I said go to the store and get a chicken they might come back home with an aging sexpat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 There are some brown uniforms out there that can ruin your life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Cobra and coral snake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poanoi Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Gonorrhea bacterias are the most frightening i've seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payboy Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Now I'm really beginning to wonder why my "White bellied trouser snake" post was deleted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaiyen Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Centipedes ! You rarely see them but if you get bitten at night it will become painful. They are quite common in the village. I got bit on the hand by one in Bangkok and had to have a jab and antibiotics. My fault for leaving it for 5 days before going to a doctor, who was next door ! My hand was about 3 times normal size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordicdolphin Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Bar Girls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiangmaikelly Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Bar Girls Don't you to the store to buy a lobster. The one on the left is a woman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 a farang behind a motorbike is pretty dangerous i reckon. Not as dangerous as a Thai on a motorbike. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dap Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 (edited) it is actually mosquitoes I was surprised to hear theres more than 1 variety and only 1 variety carries malaria. Of the worlds 3,200 species of mosquito only the female Anopheles is attributed to imparting malarial infections and "there are some 430 known species of Anopheles, distributed in every corner of the planet except for Polynesia, east of Vanuatu. AT LEAST 70 species are known to carry malaria." (somewhat loosely borrowed from Page 15 (para. 3) of "The Fever" by Sonia Shah. Edited October 14, 2012 by Dap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dap Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 (edited) Alligators, Pit vipers and cobras often get in the Village, mosquito's of course, and some thing the Town Hall catcher guys, say is not good, have had 2 in my garden in 9 years,,,,,,,,,, looks like a snake 1.4 m long but has legs and moves very fast. There are a few crocs left in the wild here in Thailand but not that many unless, you live near a commercial croc farm that is suseptible to flooding, and but pretty sure no aligators. Also, I would be very interested to learn more about your local critter that "looks like a snake 1.4 m long but has legs and moves very fast'. Any photo's or pics perchance? Edit to note the info provided by 27, 31 and 32 but still curious about the size. Edited October 14, 2012 by Dap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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