riepan963 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 This was in my friend's bedroom in NE Thailand. Obviously a type of venomous viper but I suspect not a Russell's as they have a different pattern from this mottled one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeownership Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Calloselasma rhodostoma (Malayan Pit Viper)Thai: (ngu gap pha) Length: Up to 100 cm Distribution: Resident in the whole of Thailand and is often found under dry leaves, stones or old wood. Behaviour:Predominantly nocturnal especially when it is drizzling, but also active during the day. It bites, is an aggressive snake and advances very quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirtless Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Pit Viper very common and very dangerous , strikes very quick, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Treat any snake as a serious threat, until proven or known to be otherwise ! You 'll live longer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chao Lao Beach Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I believe that these are aggressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post homeownership Posted June 5, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2014 My advice never attempt to overpower a snake, instead scream like a bitch and get your Mother - in - Law to do it for you. If she kills the snake, well there always next time isn't there. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post riepan963 Posted June 5, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2014 Thanks for the advice guys, but only Homeownership has given a positive ID. Researching the Malayan Pit Viper I found a good snake site by a Vern Lovic. Some of his youtube videos are worth watching. I never approach any snake and having seen 11 cobras (some dead) 3 Kraits, pythons and hundreds of others in 15 years, I've learned to show these critters a lot of respect & space. Just happy this latest one was in my friend's house and not mine. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeownership Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Thanks for the advice guys, but only Homeownership has given a positive ID. Researching the Malayan Pit Viper I found a good snake site by a Vern Lovic. Some of his youtube videos are worth watching. I never approach any snake and having seen 11 cobras (some dead) 3 Kraits, pythons and hundreds of others in 15 years, I've learned to show these critters a lot of respect & space. Just happy this latest one was in my friend's house and not mine. Muchos Gracias Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seajae Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 mate, the only good snake is a dead one 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riepan963 Posted June 5, 2014 Author Share Posted June 5, 2014 Just for information, we have just been told that the snake is probably http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycodon_capucinus a non-venomous Common Wolf Snake. That said, all the previous still applies -- give 'em all a wide berth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy chef 1 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 BTW- nice bath room.but i would shit myself in a situation like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherOneAmerican Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Not sure it's a pit viper, seen plenty and they tend to sit coiled up. The pattern seems a bit wrong too. Hard to tell from that blurry picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeonjake Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Not sure it's a pit viper, seen plenty and they tend to sit coiled up. The pattern seems a bit wrong too. Hard to tell from that blurry picture. blurry picture,,,lol, the man was shaking,, ive had 2 of these both at nite time, one the dog found and started barking to tell me the other mac my wife spoted it, but funny both in the same place, but were depatched with my digger, sorry but if i dont know there harmless they die, ive got a young daugther,, jake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby nz Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 For ID of snakes try Vren at : [email protected] ([email protected]) Very good with quick reply to questions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine51 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I'm going with the common wolf snake; Lycodon capucinus. The patterns from the wiki pic and the OP's pic match even though the OP's pic is blurry...it is still good enough for an ID compared to a pic of the the Malayan Pit Viper. OP's pic... Wiki Pic... Malayan Pit Viper... But please folks...don't try and handle any snake unless you can positively ID the critter and have experience in capturing snakes. All it takes is one mistake.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBobThai Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 It is a bad snake unless it looks like the one in this picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riepan963 Posted June 5, 2014 Author Share Posted June 5, 2014 Robby nz, on 05 Jun 2014 - 19:33, said: For ID of snakes try Vren at : [email protected] ([email protected]) Very good with quick reply to questions. If you mean VERN, then it was he who made the latest identification & whose site I suggested a few postings back. As for the blurry picture, it was initially my friend's and as some wag wrote, he was maybe a little apprehensive shall we say! I cropped & chopped it a little to make it larger but the definition worsened. He's a good mate, but I would never spend a night on his farm for a gold clock. Thanks for all your contributions; this is all free entertainment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 (edited) Calloselasma rhodostoma (Malayan Pit Viper) Thai: (ngu gap pha) Length: Up to 100 cm Distribution: Resident in the whole of Thailand and is often found under dry leaves, stones or old wood. Behaviour: Predominantly nocturnal especially when it is drizzling, but also active during the day. It bites, is an aggressive snake and advances very quickly. its nothing like a malayan pit viper, I have many on my land they have a black triangular pattern down them and are quite chubby with a thin stumpy tail, this is the malayan pit viper Contrary to what books say Ive found them slow, dopey, timid, and do not strike, Ive had 3 in the last 12 months, easily picked up with a stick and moved elsewhere. They do call it the lazy snake. Edited June 5, 2014 by kannot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I'm going with the common wolf snake; Lycodon capucinus. The patterns from the wiki pic and the OP's pic match even though the OP's pic is blurry...it is still good enough for an ID compared to a pic of the the Malayan Pit Viper. OP's pic...440px-Lyco_capuc_080129-4132_ipb.jpg Wiki Pic...440px-Lyco_capuc_080129-4131_ipb.jpg Malayan Pit Viper...440px-Lyco_capuc_080129-4133_ipb.jpg But please folks...don't try and handle any snake unless you can positively ID the critter and have experience in capturing snakes. All it takes is one mistake.... CV2OJ.jpg looks much more likely than a malayan pit viper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daoyai Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 It is a bad snake unless it looks like the one in this picture. You even kill garter snakes? you are more f=d up than I imagined. Is it a religious perversion or what? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisb Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 I'd kill any snake around also. I certainly don't hate snakes but... I have a young daughter, and not trained to identify which snakes venomous or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATF Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 You have snakes because you have mice and rats. Kill a snake and others will take it's place. You only have to put a laundry basket over it and ask someone to take it away, if you're not man enough to do it yourself. I'm sure you would prefer to be known as Daddy the great snake catcher than a coward that kills every snake he sees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine51 Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 (edited) I'm going with the common wolf snake; Lycodon capucinus. The patterns from the wiki pic and the OP's pic match even though the OP's pic is blurry...it is still good enough for an ID compared to a pic of the the Malayan Pit Viper. OP's pic...440px-Lyco_capuc_080129-4132_ipb.jpg Wiki Pic...440px-Lyco_capuc_080129-4131_ipb.jpg Malayan Pit Viper...440px-Lyco_capuc_080129-4133_ipb.jpg But please folks...don't try and handle any snake unless you can positively ID the critter and have experience in capturing snakes. All it takes is one mistake.... CV2OJ.jpg looks much more likely than a malayan pit viper We also have both types on our property. However regarding the wolf snake, the banding pattern & head do match the OP's pic and not the MPV's pattern. Edited June 6, 2014 by sunshine51 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandman77 Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Why horses resistence against snake bites? In a snake show in bk a read years ago on the wall of the building That antiserum for the human Winned and extracted from horse blood ! Are also universal vaxines avalible that can use for every snake bite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wooloomooloo Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 I've never seen a snake move so fast. Not ten minutes ago my wife starts shouting for me from the garden and I race out and in the undergrowth is a metre long snake swallowing a frog. Within twenty seconds it has covered five foot of ground and up and over a four foot wall and gone. Didn't even get time to take a photo. Jeez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATF Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 I've never seen a snake move so fast. Not ten minutes ago my wife starts shouting for me from the garden and I race out and in the undergrowth is a metre long snake swallowing a frog. Within twenty seconds it has covered five foot of ground and up and over a four foot wall and gone. Didn't even get time to take a photo. Jeez. Snakes eat frogs. Does your wife scream everytime she sees a Thai eating a frog? Very fast 1ft per 4 seconds. One metre long it was a monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YipYipYa123 Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Why horses resistence against snake bites? In a snake show in bk a read years ago on the wall of the building That antiserum for the human Winned and extracted from horse blood ! Are also universal vaxines avalible that can use for every snake bite? A horse has a lot more mass than a person so any venom injected in would be easier to disperse and dilute, and the hoofs are rock hard so a horse could trample most snakes without worrying Same goes for an elephant, too much mass to do any damage and even if it killed it is too big to swallow and a snake will know this and not waste his time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATF Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Why horses resistence against snake bites? In a snake show in bk a read years ago on the wall of the building That antiserum for the human Winned and extracted from horse blood ! Are also universal vaxines avalible that can use for every snake bite? A horse has a lot more mass than a person so any venom injected in would be easier to disperse and dilute, and the hoofs are rock hard so a horse could trample most snakes without worrying Same goes for an elephant, too much mass to do any damage and even if it killed it is too big to swallow and a snake will know this and not waste his time http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/med-tech/how-to-make-antivenom-why-the-world-is-running-out#slide-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wooloomooloo Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Snakes eat frogs. Does your wife scream everytime she sees a Thai eating a frog? Very fast 1ft per 4 seconds. One metre long it was a monster. She merely wanted me to see the snake. I like snakes and was a good experience. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooHaa Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 I'm going with the common wolf snake; Lycodon capucinus. The patterns from the wiki pic and the OP's pic match even though the OP's pic is blurry...it is still good enough for an ID compared to a pic of the the Malayan Pit Viper. OP's pic...440px-Lyco_capuc_080129-4132_ipb.jpg Wiki Pic...440px-Lyco_capuc_080129-4131_ipb.jpg Malayan Pit Viper...440px-Lyco_capuc_080129-4133_ipb.jpg But please folks...don't try and handle any snake unless you can positively ID the critter and have experience in capturing snakes. All it takes is one mistake.... CV2OJ.jpg looks much more likely than a malayan pit viper yup, all vipers havea very distinctive head and snout, the one in the op doesn'rt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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