Yellow Head Snake

[Aforek]

Hello

I have seen before my house a small ( 20 cms , maybe a young ) snake with a yellow head ( dark yellow above, then a black line then light yellow in the bottom of the head

), and grey body with black lines on both sides

can you suggest a name please ?

[overherebc]

Hard to tell from the photograph but could be a Golden tree snake

[canuckamuck]

Looks like a red necked keelback.

They have a venom that can harm your kidneys, if I remember correctly.

[Aforek]

Looks like a red necked keelback.

They have a venom that can harm your kidneys, if I remember correctly.

your snake has some red; mine is only yellow: here is a bigger picture of its head

[canuckamuck]

I have quite a few of those up here, they don't all have they red neck. I assume it comes when they snake gets older. How long was this one?

Also there are often color variations within species of snakes.

[Aforek]

this one is very thin and very small : 20 cms long, may be it's a young one

[Mosha]

Red necks grow to 130cm. Considered dangerous but not deadly.

[sonos99]

I think it is a yellow spotted keelback

[sonos99]

Here is a link to a photo

bangkokherps.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/yellow-spotted-keelback-3-17-11-in-ramkhamhaeng.jpg

[Aforek]

yes,I think it is : here is the picture of yellow spotted keelback : because mine ( I think ) is very young, the top of the head is dark yellow, but the color fades when getting older

http://www.google.co.th/imgres?imgurl=http://www.siamensis.org/sites/default/files/xenochrophis_flavipunctatus_0.jpg%3F1304186250&imgrefurl=http://www.siamensis.org/category/tags/xenochrophis-flavipunctatus&h=394&w=653&sz=100&tbnid=0a4v916fWxH61M:&tbnh=90&tbnw=149&zoom=1&usg=__SnBrsANKR4rHB6o0iyER8dMwU1A=&docid=jzyIVio_SV5lCM&sa=X&ei=yJugUbHyCI2urAeyjIHACA&ved=0CDgQ9QEwAg&dur=1565

and an other one : "Juvenile Yellow-spotted Keelback, showing yellow neck marking that fades with age "

http://bangkokherps.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/yellow-spotted-keelback-3-17-11-in-ramkhamhaeng.jpg

and an other picture of mine ( left ) :

as said above, the red keelback is dangerous, and the yellow one is not venimous : thai name of yellow spotted keelback is : งูดางแห ( ngoo dang hae )

btw, can you tell me the name of this one ( on right side : I wonder if it's not a cobra ? thanks

Edited May 25, 2013 by Aforek

[canuckamuck]

Well I guess i got both these kinds of keelbacks on my yard. I didn't know about the yellow spotted one so I thought they were all rednecks.

[sonos99]

The other one might be an oriental rat snake. I had one in my garden this morning about 2 metres. I think they get bigger than that up to 3m. They are not dangerous.

[sonos99]

Or it could me another keelback. They can lose the yellow colouring as they get older. How big was it?

[Aforek]

Or it could me another keelback. They can lose the yellow colouring as they get older. How big was it?

I don't know, picture is not from me