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Fastest King Cobra on the Planet? (Video)

It’s a sensational headline, but I thought it was important that you read this if you handle venomous snakes at all – and even if you don’t. (King cobra video below) I got a call from my friend this morning. He told me they caught a 2+ meter king cobra at a palm plantation the [...]

Thailand monocled cobra baby on the road.

Smallest Deadly Snake in Thailand?

The baby cobras, kraits, Malayan pit vipers, and coral snakes can all kill you just like the adults of their species. Though they don’t have as much venom, or fangs with tubes wide enough to transfer as much venom as an adult, they need not to. Usually a snake like this can inject more than [...]

Malayan Krait, or Blue Krait found in Thailand - a very deadly snake

The Deadly Snake Hardest to Identify in Thailand? Krait.

The Malayan Krait (Bungarus candidus), or the Blue Krait as it’s sometimes called, is difficult to identify, and identifying it is essential because their venom is so deadly. Their venom paralyzes the nervous system and causes the muscles of the body to stop. That means the heart and diaphragm. You’ll need to be on a [...]

King Cobra - Worst Snake to be Bitten By in Thailand. Death can occur in 10 minutes.

Worst Snake To Be Bitten By in Thailand? The King Cobra.

This is a tough call there are many snakes that can kill you within an hour if you can’t get medical care. I guess the King Cobra, if it got a good bite on you – would be the worst. I have a friend who lost his little brother (adult brother) to a King bite [...]

Red Necked Keelback Snake, venomous, Thailand and southeast Asia.

Red Necked Keelback – Venomous – Dangerous

01 February 2010

Rhabdophis subminiatus (Red-Necked Keelback Snake) Thai: (ngoo lay sab ko dang) Length: Up to 130 cm (1.3 meters). Usually smaller than 1 meter. Range: Thailand and southeast Asia. Notes: These snakes are commonly found near water, lakes, ponds, and in gardens. Recently a friend had one in his swimming pool in Krabi town, southern Thailand. [...]

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Malayan Pit Viper from southern Thailand

Malayan Pit Viper – Venomous – Very Dangerous

01 February 2010

Calloselasma rhodostoma (Malayan Pit Viper, Malaysian Pit Viper) Thais say: Ngoo gap pa Length: Less than 1 meter. Female Malayan Pit Vipers are the larger and fatter snakes. Males of the species don’t make it to 1 meter long. Range: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Java, Sumatra, Malaysia, Vietnam, Burma, and China. Notes: These vipers are distant [...]

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Brown-Spotted Green Pit Viper – Venomous – Mildly Dangerous

05 February 2010

Cryptelytrops venustus previously Trimeresurus venustus – (Brown-spotted Green Pit Viper, Beautiful Pit Viper) Thais say: Length: average 40-70 cm Range: Chumpon to Krabi Province in Thailand Notes: I found this one in the picture on a small hill at a Buddhist temple on a hill next to some steps. These venomous snakes are usually on [...]

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Cave snake - Ridleys Racer - Othriophis taeniurus ridleyi - Thailand

Ridley’s Racer – Cave Snake – Not Venomous

05 February 2010

Othriophis taeniurus ridleyi (Ridley’s Racer)   Length: up to 2.5 meters. I have caught 4 of these, all of them under 2.25 meters. Range: Chumpon, Thailand, south to border of Thailand-Malaysia Notes: A monk walked me through some pitch black caves and showed me this amazingly colored Ridley’s Racer in southern Thailand. This non-venomous snake, [...]

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King Cobra Eats Red Tailed Racer Snake - Thailand

King Cobra – Largest Venomous Snake in World

08 February 2010

Ophiophagus hannah (Thailand King Cobra) Thais say: WING! (run!) lol. Thai language sounds like Ngoo how chang, or ngoo chong ahng. There are many names for this snake. Length: Max length about 5.8 meters. The presenter at the Saovabha Snake Farm in Bangkok said the largest king was caught in Nakhon si Thammarat in Thailand’s [...]

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New Thailand snake species - Trimeresurus Popeia phuketensis

New Thailand Snake Species – Trimeresurus (Popeia) phuketensis

25 January 2012

I was at the Queen Saovabha Snake Farm in Bangkok (the Red Cross Snake Farm) on Sunday and was talking to the snake guy that does the presentation in English on various Thailand snakes. He mentioned that a new snake species was described from Phuket called the Trimeresurus phuketensis. Wow, how cool was that? He [...]

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Bitten by a Deadly Banded Krait in a Bangkok Bar

19 December 2011

I have a banded krait video (click) up at Youtube and I had a guy respond with a comment that I didn’t know whether to take seriously or not. Apparently it is true, he was bitten by a banded krait in 1995 while enjoying a night out in a Bangkok bar on Soi Cowboy. Some [...]

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How Common Are Snakes in Thailand?

18 December 2011

I get a lot of comments at my Youtube videos – people asking whether snakes are all over Thailand. They’re worried that they are going to be seeing snakes at every turn. Nothing could be further from the truth. In most cases, anyway. There are some people that write me on this site for Snake [...]

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Night Herping in Southern Thailand – Video

15 December 2011

Every few days when I either have some free time, or just reach a point in my snake herping addiction where I MUST GO, I romp around the forest in southern Thailand and try to find cool stuff. This was a perfect Thailand night. The air was cool and there was even a breeze. The [...]

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Thailand snake lampshade.

Identify this Unique Thailand Lampshade

07 December 2011

Funny seeing this today upon entering one of the cages. Can you identify what it is around the lamp shade? Join the forum discussion on this post

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Thailand Snake Identification Requests Way Down

05 December 2011

The snake ID link on the right side column of this site is for anyone that wants to find out what snake they saw in Thailand during their stay. Sometimes I can figure out what snake it is by the information given, and sometimes (usually) it’s a guess between a few different snakes. I’m not [...]

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Most Common Thailand Snake? Survey Results…

04 December 2011

I’ve had this survey up MUCH too long, but I rarely saw it there on the bottom left side of the page so it was pretty much out of mind. Below is a graphic for the results after 126 people voted on which is the most common Thailand Snake: The golden tree snake took first [...]

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Small Spotted Coral Snake – Venomous – Potentially Dangerous

02 December 2011

“Calliophis maculiceps” (Speckled coral snake) Length: Average 50 cm though females can get considerably longer at 130 cm (reference – http://www.afpmb.org/content/venomous-animals-c#Calliophismaculiceps).. Range: These small coral snakes are found all over Thailand and some other countries in Asia. I have seen a half dozen of these snakes in southern Thailand, usually found by people in their [...]

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Help Me Identify This Snake – Oligodon Genus? Species?

14 November 2011

I sent photos of a snake just like this one to a couple biologists about 5 months back. Nobody could tell me what it was, based on appearance. A couple guys that have found new species in this area have said it is, without a doubt, from the Oligodon genus. They asked that I do [...]

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New Snake Species, or New to Thailand?

13 November 2011

I found another of these snakes today. They are quite hard to categorize. I’ll do scale counts tomorrow and see what I get. Previously I got 15-15-15 on the other I caught from the same area. This one I pulled out slowly from a hole he was half-buried in. We were up about 200 meters [...]

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Welcome to Thailand Snakes…

Thailand has 200+ snake species with over 60 of them - venomous. I created this site as a way to educate Thais and visitors to Thailand about snakes. Many people kill the snakes they see in Thailand, while in many cases - they are non-venomous and completely harmless. With this site I hope to give people a better idea what is harmful and what isn't.

Browse the many snake photos and videos here so you can identify snakes you see on your porch, in your bed, or underfoot.

If you have been bitten by a snake - go to a hospital FIRST. Don't waste time looking it up on the internet. With some snakes you need to have medical help as fast as possible. With others you have some time. I know a Thai man whose brother died in less than 10 minutes from a snake bite.

There are venomous (poisonous) snakes everywhere in Thailand. Friends have had cobras in their kitchen, and others had kraits in the garage. Vipers love small bushes and trees near water and walkways.

Bookmark this site so you can quickly identify snakes you have seen. Notice the variety of venomous and non-venomous snakes in Thailand - and realize that they come in all sizes and shapes.

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