I was at the —- 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 said it is in general appearance like the Trimeresurus venustus, but larger and with brownish scales that make up a pattern of stripes – not well defined, but defined enough to call them stripes. The venom wasn't supposed to be very strong, but in size the snake is supposed to be similiar to Pope's Pit Viper – a rather large green viper that often also has stripes.

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