Here are some snake photos I’ve taken over the years in Thailand. If you want to add yours – send them and tell me your full name for the copyright notice.
Put your cursor over the image to read the name of the snake. Click the image to enlarge – use BACK button to go back to list.
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- Dog Toothed Cat Snake.
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- Malayan Bridle Snakes look just like Malayan Kraits – and yet, not dangerous.
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- A very fast King Cobra – we have a video about this one. Wow.
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- Red Tailed Pipe Snake
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- Jackie hand-holding Monocled Cobra
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- Mangrove Cat Snake – slightly venomous
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- Red Tailed Pipe Snake – harmless, great snake to introduce to kids.
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- Mangrove Pit Viper – my favorite viper
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- Juvenile Monocled Cobra – quite deadly when small too.
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- Brown Whip Snake – very uncommon in Thailand.
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- Reticulated Pythons – biggest Thailand snake. Constrictors, no venom.
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- Golden Tree Snake – aka Flying Snake. Not dangerous. Quite fast in trees.
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- Juvenile Red Necked Keelback – I think.
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- Luke Yeomans sent this with an email as we corresponded. A baby king cobra.
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- Malayan Pit VIper in a red / pink variety
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- Red Necked Keelbacks are now considered quite dangerous.
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- Bronzeback snake.
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- Green Pit Viper – copyright Jeremy ________ (will add name here shortly)
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- Two banded kraits mating. Copyright _______ ______.
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- Golden Tree Snake
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- Rat Snake bites a king cobra.
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- Malayan Krait – deadly.
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- Red Tailed racers can often be hand-held without biting.
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- Paradise Tree Snake eating gecko. Copyright David Joseph.
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- Juvenile striped bronzeback snake.
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- Banded Krait – Bungarus fasciatus – deadly, active at night.
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- Oriental Whip Snake – not dangerous. Come in brown too.
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- Ridley’s Racer – rat snake, common in caves catching bats out of the air.
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- Dog-toothed Cat Snake – Boiga cynodon – bird eaters / egg eaters.
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- Angry King Cobras strike with mouth open.
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- Malayan Pit Viper. Copyright John Helm.
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- Malayan Pit Viper – venomous – deadly.
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- Beautiful Viper or Brown Spotted Green Viper.
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- Wagler’s Pit Viper Copyright – Emilios Kattides
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- Red Tailed Racers have blue and black tongues.
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- Keeled Rat Snake – Ptyas carinatus – in front of blood python.
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- Malayan Pit Viper – reddish / Pink. Very dangerous and deadly.
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- Mangrove Pit Viper found in Krabi mangroves.
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- Speckled Coral Snake – Venomous, probably deadly, but the mouth is too small to bite humans easily.
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- Blood python – very, very strong.
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- Red Tailed Racers – one of the favorite foods for king cobras.
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- Red Tailed Racers have green or blue eyes.
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- Copperheaded Racers and Indo-Chinese Rat Snakes – harmless.
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- Small Malalan Pit Viper in water bottle.
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- Nothing more awesome than a big king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)
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- Another Mangrove Pit Viper – color variation is wide. Copyright Carlton ______.
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- Puff Faced Water Snake – Homalopsis buccata. Usually don’t bite – this one struck a lot.
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- Girl holding a red tailed racer (rat snake) – harmless.
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- Checkered Keelback – Xenochrophis piscator (ID not 100%)
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- Copperheaded Racer – rat snake. Not dangerous.
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- Red Necked keelback – do not keep as a pet – can cause serious kidney damage.
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- Monocled Cobra bite (Naja kaouthia) this was about 4th time bitten.
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- Indo Malayan Mountain Pit Viper – a small boy was kicking this when his father saw him.
