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I got an email from a guy interested in starting to herp in Thailand and he asked what to bring. I started writing him an email, then decided to make a page about Herping in Thailand – equipment and techniques that I’ve used. I’ve only been herping in Thailand for about 5 years. I go [...]

Tropidolaemus wagleri Also called: Wagler’s Pit viper; temple viper; bamboo snake; speckled pit viper. Thais say: ngoo keow took geh Length: Average length of 60 cm. Male smaller than female. Female maximum length at 100 cm. Range: Southern Thailand south of Khao Sok National Park, Suratthani province. Other countries: West Malaysia; Indonesia; Philippines. There is [...]

This photo comes from a reader that was writing postcards in her bungalow on the island of Koh Phi Phi, in Thailand’s Krabi province when she noticed a Mangrove Pit Viper (Cryptelytrops purpureomaculatus) near her foot! This is not the snake you want near your foot, as they are heat-sensing, and some are known to be [...]

This poll question has been running for a long time. 182 Readers voted and the results are below. What is Thailand’s Most Common Snake? Golden Tree Snake (Chrysopelea ornata) (35%, 63 Votes) Monocled Cobra (Naja kaouthia) (16%, 30 Votes) Malayan Pit Viper (Calloselasma rhodostoma) (12%, 21 Votes) Bronzeback Snake (Dendrelaphis pictus) (9%, 17 Votes) Oriental [...]

The dry months in Thailand are not usually productive times for herping, or snake expeditions of any sort. It’s just too hot and rain too scarce. What snakes might you find in Thailand between the months of December through March? Not many, but there are still some snakes out there if you know where to [...]

Keeled Rat Snake (Ptyas carinatus / carinata) Thais say: Ngoo noo Length: These snakes can reach almost 4 meters in length, though they are much more common at the 2 meter length. Range: In Thailand the keeled rat snake is found all over the country. I have found them in Krabi, Surat, and the Sisaket province, near Ubon [...]

This year I’ve gone on more herping field trips than any of the previous years. Primarily, I’ve been looking for snakes, but of course many other types of animals are found – lizards and frogs being some of the most plentiful and interesting to me. On a typical terrestrial herping field trip we might find: [...]

I got a note from a woman that had spent some time in Thailand and she was terrified of snakes. Now that she made it through a successful stay without seeing one close enough to interact with – she is wondering how close she came to them, and whether the chance would be high of [...]

Here are a couple photos of pit vipers from southern Thailand. These are both wicked fast biters, and I never get close enough to have one tag me. That means I never grab them by the back of the head. I’m not force-feeding them, or removing eye-caps, so I don’t get involved in touching them. [...]

I find June and July of each year to usually be the best months for finding snakes out and about. We get more requests for ID during those months than any others. I usually find, catch, see more snakes during those months in Thailand than any other months – but occasionally I have a good [...]