Got A Surprise.

[TomTao]

Sitting at home watching a movie when this snake dropped out of the ceiling, anyone know what it is?

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[ThaidDown]

Golden Tree Snake ??

[noob7]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysopelea, I think

[TomTao]

That looks like it, just did a search on it, it can climb walls and is also an excellent glider, that explains how it got into the house and how it looked like it fell from the ceiling.

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[ThaidDown]

Same same but different !!

The Golden Tree Snake is one of the Chrysopelea species The one I pictured was a Chrysopelea ornata ornatissima. But the photo in your link is more like the the op's

[ShadowDweller]

Had one at my place a few weeks ago, beautiful snake.

[TomTao]

I'm hoping I didn't kill it, put the shovel on its neck for a moment before scooping it up and taking it outside, it appeared to be dazed when I put it pver the fence.

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[wayned]

Golden tree snake. Very common where I live. A few months ago, my wife came screaming from the bedroom yelling SANKE! SNAKE!. I went in and couldn't see any, then she pointed to the air con unit and there were three "tails" dangling from the vent, two small and one large. It was obvious that they were Golden tree snakes and that I would have to disassemble the housing to get them out. I told my wife to close the door and that I would go out to the shop to get tools and my welding gloves. (they are not poisonous but are agressive and will bite - I would too if an ugly farang was after me). I got distracted for a few minutes and when I came back into the house I heard this incredible bashing from the bedroom. While I was gone she had cornered a neighbor walking down the road and he was in the bedroom bashing the air con housing with a bamboo pole. Snakes were gone and bits of the housing were flying all over the room.

500 baht later for a new air con housing, two dead snakes and the third one caught and released the event was over!

The best thing that happened was that I got a few nights very restfull sleep as my wife refused to go back into the bedroom. Then she realized that the other bedroom did not have air con and her fears went away after a couple of days. Been looking for a rubber Golden tree snake ever since, but wouldn't use it if there were any Thais with bamboo poles around.

[NoshowJones]

Had one at my place a few weeks ago, beautiful snake.

A beautiful snake????????

[mistitikimikis]

Like them and being confronted very reguarly with them. Once I saw a hugh one of at least 10 cms. diam. in between a ceiling. About two years ago, walking in Phitsanulok, one tubled out of a tree also with a big bat.

[Bangkokianbaba]

The CHRYSOPELEA ORNATA, GOLDEN TREE SNAKE is the most common snake around our house in Bangkok's suburbs! 

Chrysopelea ornata is a common snake and has adapted well to human habitats. In southern parts of Thailand, they are reported to hide in the thatch of the roofing material inside bungalows to prey on geckos and mice during the night. In these areas, one can almost be certain to be relatively close to a C. ornata most anywhere, perhaps hiding in the crown of the nearby coconut palm, under the roots of a tree, or even curled up in a potted plant.

When hunting and pursuing fleeing prey, they have been reported to drop down out of the crown of coconut palms.

Snakes are often indiscriminately killed, as many locals incorrectly assume all snakes are venomous. C. ornata is sometimes cooked for food.

 

47 photos:  https://www.antoniuniphotography.com/p1069582881

 

[Rookiescot]

I saw this headline and thought it was going to be about an encounter with a ladyboy.