Geoff Deady sent this great photo of a snake on the beach in Chumphon to have identified.
I couldn’t figure it out for a while.
He said it was about a meter long and 2-3 fingers thick with a reddish tail.
The coloring of the top – and light yellow of the belly make me think – green cat snake (Boiga cyanea). However, if you look at the head it looks like Oriental Whip Snake – Ahaetulla prasina – yes? The thin neck is also more whip snakish – but, the green cat snakes also have a very thin neck near the head.
Green cat snakes have almost viper-like heads when looked at from above, but from the side – more like this. But maybe thicker.
Anyone else want to guess it’s a different snake?
Send your Thailand snake photos in and I’ll attempt to identify them. If I can’t – I’ll leave it to you to figure out.