Smallest Deadly Snake in Thailand?

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Smallest Deadly Snake in Thailand?

Posted on 23 September 2010. Tags: baby deadly snake, deadly snakes, thailand snakes, thailand venomous snakes

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 enough to kill a person.

Some adult Malayan pit vipers are only 60 centimeters or so. That’s not a big snake. Big enough to kill you though.

Take all snake bites seriously and get to the hospital as fast as possible after being bitten. Don’t wait for pain or other symptoms, some snake venom doesn’t give many symptoms at all at first.

Hope for a “dry-bite” and that no or very little venom was injected!

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Amateur herpetologist roaming about Thailand on field herping trips to find cobras, kraits, coral snakes, and other snakes native to Thailand. I enjoy catching snakes and bringing them back for a few days of photo shoots, feeding, and then I let them go in similar habitat as where they were caught – or the same habitat. Thailand snakes are great fun. If you are interested in joining me for some herping expedititions write me at: info@thailandsnakes.com. Cheers!

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3 Responses to “Smallest Deadly Snake in Thailand?”

whitefang says:

October 24, 2010 at 4:45 am

they are so nice that i want to die for them!

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merv says:

August 19, 2011 at 3:23 pm

we just found a baby cobra in a small hole in our back yard is it probable that there is a family or more here . we just moved in and are concerned that if we found a baby one there would be more here. it was about 8 inches or 50 mil long
merv

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- Vern says:
  
  August 19, 2011 at 8:13 pm
  
  Yeah, that’s the right size for a baby. There are likely more. Possibly many more. Do stay alert – day and night.
  
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