Thailand Snakes covers venomous and non-venomous snakes in Thailand and surrounding countries. Cobras, Kraits, Vipers, Corals, Rat Snakes, Tree Snakes, Whip Snakes, Pipe Snakes, Kukris, Pythons, and more.
Thailand Snake Photo Collection
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.
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Luke Yeomans sent this with an email as we corresponded. A baby king cobra.
Angry King Cobras strike with mouth open.
A bitey puff-faced watersnake (Homalopsis buccata).
Malayan Bridle Snakes look just like Malayan Kraits – and yet, not dangerous.
Puff Faced Water Snake – Homalopsis buccata. Usually don’t bite – this one struck a lot.
Red Necked Keelbacks are now considered quite dangerous and potentially deadly.
Paradise Tree Snake eating gecko. Copyright David Joseph.
Mangrove Cat Snake – slightly venomous
Oriental Whip Snake – not dangerous. Come in brown too.
Checkered Keelback – Xenochrophis piscator (ID not 100%)
Juvenile Red Necked Keelback. Dangerous, potentially deadly, venomous, and poisonous.
Two banded kraits mating. Copyright _______ ______.
Rat Snake bites a king cobra.
Copperheaded Racers and Indo-Chinese Rat Snakes – harmless.
Red Tailed racers can often be hand-held without biting.
Indo Malayan Mountain Pit Viper – a small boy was kicking this when his father saw him.
Dangerous and potentially deadly, this small snake looks harmless enough. The Small-spotted Coral Snake (Calliophis maculiceps).
Green Pit Viper – copyright Jeremy ________ (will add name here shortly)
Ridley’s Racer – rat snake, common in caves catching bats out of the air.
Monocled Cobra bite (Naja kaouthia) this was about 4th time bitten.
Banded Krait – Bungarus fasciatus – deadly, active at night.
Juvenile Monocled Cobra – quite deadly when small too.
Girl holding a red tailed racer (rat snake) – harmless.
Golden Tree Snake
Keeled Rat Snake – Ptyas carinatus – in front of blood python.
Malayan Pit Viper. Copyright John Helm.
Mangrove Pit Viper – my favorite viper
Copperheaded Racer – rat snake. Not dangerous.
Speckled Coral Snake – Venomous, probably deadly, but the mouth is too small to bite humans easily.
Red Necked keelback – do not keep as a pet – can cause serious kidney damage.
Beautiful Viper or Brown Spotted Green Viper.
Blood python – very, very strong.
Golden Tree Snake – aka Flying Snake. Not dangerous. Quite fast in trees.
Malayan Krait – deadly.
Dog Toothed Cat Snake.
Brown Whip Snake – very uncommon in Thailand.
Red Tailed Racers – one of the favorite foods for king cobras.
Red Tailed Racers have green or blue eyes.
Bronzeback snake.
Wagler’s Pit Viper Copyright – Emilios Kattides
A very fast King Cobra – we have a video about this one. Wow.
Red Tailed Pipe Snake
Malayan Pit VIper in a red / pink variety
Red Tailed Pipe Snake – harmless, great snake to introduce to kids.
Mangrove Pit Viper found in Krabi mangroves.
Another Mangrove Pit Viper – color variation is wide. Copyright Carlton.
