Saw this one scoping out my back wall . Didn't look like a poisonous one so it is still breathing !!!!! Anyone know what kind it is

Looks like a striped keelback, very common, harmless,

thanks for not killing it,as lots of people on here want to

kill anything that moves.

regards worgeordie

This one was just blessed ... Most of the time if I see a snake it generally gets a whack with the shovel ........

Nor a snake expert but that looks like a ribbon snake, possibly a brown one.

I agree with Worgeordie's description. There are several types of Keelbacks around here and are all harmless except for the Red-neck Keelback. I have yet to see one of those in person. Usually the rainy season brings the more common Checkered Keelbacks out.

This one was just blessed ... Most of the time if I see a snake it generally gets a whack with the shovel ........

WHY?

regards Worgeordie

Better safe than sorry. Some people like snakes and some don't.

As ThaiWx says its a common Checkered Keelback.

Xenochrophis piscator (Checkered Keelback)
Thai: (ngu lai so yai, ngu daeng hae)

"ngoo paa" not venimous.

Beautiful creatures. I'd sooner take a shovel to some of the garbage who hang out on this site.

Better safe than sorry. Some people like snakes and some don't.

So if you don't like you kill! OK It's a point of view

The one thing I've learned about Thailand snakes is, if in doubt give them a lot of room to escape' they aren't looking for any problems from humans, you are to big to eat, but if you corner one or challenge one it will fight back and if it's venomous you will come in second every time. I've made myself a snake catcher out of PVC pipe and it works perfectly for removing them from around the house, and might I add safely for both of us.

The good kind....eats rats & rodents. Good choice to let him be.

The one thing I've learned about Thailand snakes is, if in doubt give them a lot of room to escape' they aren't looking for any problems from humans, you are to big to eat, but if you corner one or challenge one it will fight back and if it's venomous you will come in second every time. I've made myself a snake catcher out of PVC pipe and it works perfectly for removing them from around the house, and might I add safely for both of us.

I made one years ago from a length of bamboo and a piece cord. It has proven invaluable. More invaluable is the book on snakes that I bought twenty years ago when Snakes abounded in my garden. Learn about them and you will not have the fear. Hook them up and put them on some waste ground somewhere. Don't kill them! This is why there are so many rats and other vermin around.

Nor a snake expert but that looks like a ribbon snake, possibly a brown one.

Yes its a brown one for sure.

Looks like a Buff-striped Keelback, Amphiesma stolata

http://bangkokherps.wordpress.com/snakes/buff-striped-keelback/

Not a Checkered Keelback, they don't have these kind of stripes.

As a matter of interest there was a lot of cobras on this land when i got here. Builders ate them all the time. I investigated how to get rid of them and got 3 possibilities. Get a specialist from ayutheya to "pray them to go away", get a goat, get geese. I choose the geese and since i have reared them here never seen a cobra since. Just get common harmless snakes like Gnu Singh.

One of the workers found this snake in the rest room. I was sent in to fetch it out of there. He's dead. The ladies refused to stop screaming until I killed him. I would have liked to let him go. He was harmless.

But killing snakes is fine, just the same. No danger of them going extinct around here.

It's not a good idea to get bit by ANY snake. Even non-venomous snakes can make you sick, at the very least. Handle with care.

nuananddon, please, tell me more about your snake catcher. I want one! I'll detain the little buggers and let them go somewhere far away from here.

got one of em' in my garden. We get along even though I'm a redneck from Florida, USA

Nor a snake expert but that looks like a ribbon snake, possibly a brown one.

Yes its a brown one for sure.

Trouser, perhaps.

I would have thought, if people are saying they don't see as many as they used to, it means their numbers are declining; after all, (for instance) americans were saying that Bison and Passenger pigeons were declining and the next thing they knew, one was extinct and the other almost. brown Bears, Wolves and Tigers heading the same way, (There's vastly more illegally-kept Tigers in the US, than in the wild) These and other species get in our way because we want to be where they are, so just respect their territorial rights and educate others as to which are in fact poisonous. I'm not a dyed in the wool environmentalist or wild amimal welfare activist, but killing off snakes, means you are allowing a far more dangerous species, the rat, get out of control and spread disease. Sadly, a lot of people (including myself) just target one type of species, but are unaware of how it's loss will impact on other things they keep under control, which are far more undesirable. Some people dislike/hate Gekkos, but this cheeky little character, keeps down the bugs and other nasties within the home ... that's why traditionally in Thailand, a house with Gekkos in it,is considered lucky and better than one without any. Also, I like hearing them in places I stay at!

The good kind....eats rats & rodents. Good choice to let him be.

And the bad kind eat other snakes.... Leave them alone

Anyone know what kind it is

Didn't look like a poisonous one

I'm struggling to associate the ignorance related statement with the knowledgeable one.

Why would anybody want to kill any living creature that's minding it's own business?

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Why would anybody want to kill any living creature that's minding it's own business?

I wouldn't mind taking a pot shot at Justin Bieber ...

Beautiful creatures. I'd sooner take a shovel to some of the garbage who hang out on this site.

Finally, a nasty comment, that has a refreshing twist...

Why would anybody want to kill any living creature that's minding it's own business?

If it is minding it's own business where my kids and I spent time it's DEAD!!

The one thing I've learned about Thailand snakes is, if in doubt give them a lot of room to escape' they aren't looking for any problems from humans, you are to big to eat, but if you corner one or challenge one it will fight back and if it's venomous you will come in second every time. I've made myself a snake catcher out of PVC pipe and it works perfectly for removing them from around the house, and might I add safely for both of us.

Hi nuananddon,

If you have a picture of the aforementioned snake catcher, I'd be grateful. Thanks.

How would you rate this one?

I went away for a week and was greeted by this one one my return.

Note the triangular head! We learned at school back when we were kids that oval head are harmless and triangular head are poisonous! I don't know if that holds true here!

The one thing I've learned about Thailand snakes is, if in doubt give them a lot of room to escape' they aren't looking for any problems from humans, you are to big to eat, but if you corner one or challenge one it will fight back and if it's venomous you will come in second every time. I've made myself a snake catcher out of PVC pipe and it works perfectly for removing them from around the house, and might I add safely for both of us.

A picture of the PVC pipe you made would be helpful, I live part time in the mekong Delta, and I get a lot of snakes in my backyard and am an avid "Don't Kill the Snake" person.......see a lot of snake grabbers on Television, have never seen one for sale anywhere. I'd rather catch it and relocate, they eat rats and I hate rats, they eat my rice.