Quick SNAKE ID

Chances are pretty good that the snake you want to Identify is one of the following. Take a short look here before submitting a Snake ID Request. If you’re still unsure, or your snake doesn’t match, submit a request. Thanks!

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  1. Hi. My wife has spotted a big snake on a tree at our garden this morning. Is it possible to let us know if we need to do anything and what would the next step be if we do?
    We fairly new here and have 2 small children always playing in the garden.
    I have a picture but not sure how to load up.
    Thanks for your help.

  2. Hi Vern. Couple of questions for you. We have an old coconut field which seems to be good for snake lovers, we have had so far, whip snakes, golden tree snakes, rat snakes and a couple of young Pythons. We have a pond and I saw a Plumbeous water snake there just yesterday. What got me worried though is the burrows we found… my wife spotted a head coming out of one, she said the head was trianglular with a thin body so I assumed a whip snake but they don’t live in burrows or frequent them as far as I know. She may have mistook it for a young Pit Viper but do they come in Green, and do they burrows. It could have been visiting a rat burrow for lunch also, we have plenty of them too. Any insight gratefully received.

    1. Hmm. Impossible to say. In burrows you’ll find monitors, rodents, and other lizards. Kraits like to look in burrows, as do cobras. Tree snakes? I don’t think they’d go in. Vipers? Hmm… again, I think they are not really burrow dwellers but I saw one Mangrove Pit Viper (T. purpureomaculatus) checking out a crab burrow one time. :P

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