Snakes in the house and garden

[Pagey]

Thank you Joelle.

[buksida]

Came across this rare beauty in a seldom-used toilet block at a waterfall up near the Burmese border. Its a Python brongersmai or Brongersma’s Blood Python or Short-tailed Python. Shots are not great and it had moved on when I returned a couple of hours later to get some more.

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[Big Boy]

Nice!! What sort of size was it?

[buksida]

About 1.25 meters I'd say, not long but a very thick body, maybe it had just eaten.

[Gregjam]

Two snakes sighted in our garden today, one this morning and again this evening. My nephew said the one that was killed this morning was a งูกะบะ which I think means a pit viper. About 70cm long and moved away when light shone on it. Brownish in colour with ringed circles along its length. This evenings sighting was near the wall where there are a lot of jingjocks do hunting I suspect. I thought that pit vipers were unusual here and wonder if it is another type of snake. I got an unclear photo so cannot help in that way for identification.

[Big Boy]

A pit viper tends to have triangles on its body and a very triangular head. What you describe sounds more like a banded kukri. Although they are not venomous, they can give a nasty bite. It would be unusual for it to attack. They would normally just move away as you describe.

Pit vipers tend to stay put, coiled up, and ready to strike - they don't usually move away.

Many Thais (my wife included) mistake the kukri for a pit viper.

[Gregjam]

Thanks Big Boy, I suspect that is what it is. The Thai family tend to view any snake as lethal even the golden tree snake. If it moves away I prefer to let it do so and get on with its life.

[Big Boy]

Yes, a big problem in Thailand. I was heavily influenced by my wife in my early years here, but I simply educated myself. I still respect all snakes, just in case I'm wrong, but love to see them.

[Nereus]

Bloody hot now in Australia, but snake keeps cool!
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Snake spotted dangling from fridge after Adelaide Hills resident heard hissing near air compressor

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-13/ ... /103316582

It's enough to send a chill down anyone's spine — a snake dangling from a fridge door, wrapped around the ice dispenser.

But that's the sight that recently confronted eastern Adelaide Hills resident Gail Auricht in the outdoor entertainment area of her family property outside Callington.

When she went to turn the radio off on Thursday evening, she heard a hissing noise, and assumed it was the air compressor.

When she heard the sound again, she was startled to see a red-bellied black snake on the front of her fridge.

"It had gone onto the water and ice outlet," Ms Auricht said.

The snake had become trapped in the ice dispenser.(Supplied)

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[Big Boy]

Somewhere a bit more intimate than the garden. Interesting photos and video here https://mothership.sg/2024/06/thailand- ... underwear/

[Dannie Boy]

Now that’s a proper trouser snake!!


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[pharvey]

I had a few Slow-Worms in the hedge the other day.....

[bigston]

My aunt lives in Hua Hin, and she found a snake in her closet, she reacted like it was just another Tuesday. She handled it calmly and got it sorted out without much fuss. Living in Thailand definitely keeps you on your toes

[pharvey]

There was a report in The Guardian (UK) regarding increased sightings in Bangladesh of the "Russell’s viper", a frightening and dangerous sounding beast..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell's_viper

https://www.theguardian.com/global-deve ... nservation

Is this an issue in Thailand?

[PeteC]

^ http://herpingthailand.com/snakes-of-th ... lls-viper/

Range & habitat

The Siamese Russell’s Viper is found in open habitats in Central and Eastern Thailand. Northern limit is up to Nakhon Sawan province or maybe even a bit further North. And it can be found around Central Thailand (even around Bangkok) all the way towards the Cambodian border. Our first encounter with this species was in Eastern Thailand. The Russell’s Viper was found active on the edge of a burned rice field with here and there some pockets of dry grass, some rocks and young Eucalyptus trees. A landscape with a very open character. Other areas we have encountered this species has been near sugar cane fields.