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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.

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.

Oriental Whip Snake – not dangerous. Come in brown too.

Malayan Pit Viper – venomous – deadly.

A very fast King Cobra – we have a video about this one. Wow.

Reticulated python - Malayopython reticulatus. Very strong and large snakes which can be a danger to humans, pets, and just about any animal smaller than an elephant. — Reticulated Pythons – biggest Thailand snake. Constrictors, no venom.

Snake show presenter after a monocled cobra bite showing deep necrosis at the snakebite site. — Monocled Cobra bite (Naja kaouthia) this was about 4th time bitten.

Paradise Tree Snake eating gecko. Copyright David Joseph.

Copperheaded Racer – rat snake. Not dangerous.

Speckled Coral Snake – Venomous, probably deadly, but the mouth is too small to bite humans easily.

Chrysopelea paradisi, the paradise tree snake, or paradise flying tree snake from Southern Thailand.

Malayan Pit Viper on fence - Calloselasma rhodostoma. — Malayan Pit Viper. Copyright John Helm.

Dog-toothed Cat Snake – Boiga cynodon – bird eaters / egg eaters.

Red Tailed racers can often be hand-held without biting.

Jackie hand-holding Monocled Cobra

Luke Yeomans sent this with an email as we corresponded. A baby king cobra.

A bitey puff-faced watersnake (Homalopsis buccata).

Wagler’s Pit Viper Copyright – Emilios Kattides

Red Necked Keelbacks are now considered quite dangerous and potentially deadly.

Malayan Krait – deadly.

Adult fully grown Malayan pit viper from Southern Thailand. (Calloselasma rhodostoma) — Malayan Pit Viper (Calloselasma rhodostoma)

Mangrove Pit Viper – my favorite viper

Brown Whip Snake – very uncommon in Thailand.

Angry King Cobras strike with mouth open.

Side view of Chrysopelea ornata, the flying snake, or the golden tree snake. — Golden Tree Snake

Copperheaded Racers and Indo-Chinese Rat Snakes – harmless.

Green Pit Viper – copyright Jeremy ________ (will add name here shortly)

Red necked keelback (Rhabdophis subminiatus) is now classified as a deadly venomous snake. — Red Necked keelback – do not keep as a pet – can cause serious kidney damage.

Malayan Pit Viper – reddish / Pink. Very dangerous and deadly. Calloselasma rhodostoma.

Dog Toothed Cat Snake.

Nothing more awesome than a big king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

Rat Snake bites a king cobra.

Red Tailed Pipe Snake – harmless, great snake to introduce to kids.

Indo Malayan Mountain Pit Viper – a small boy was kicking this when his father saw him.

Ridley’s Racer – rat snake, common in caves catching bats out of the air.

Small-spotted coral snake from Southern Thailand, Krabi province. (Calliophis maculiceps) — Dangerous and potentially deadly, this small snake looks harmless enough. The Small-spotted Coral Snake (Calliophis maculiceps).

Checkered Keelback – Xenochrophis piscator (ID not 100%)

Puff Faced Water Snake – Homalopsis buccata. Usually don’t bite – this one struck a lot.

Red Tailed Pipe Snake

Golden tree snake (Chrysopelea ornata) close-up. — Golden Tree Snake – aka Flying Snake. Not dangerous. Quite fast in trees.

Banded Krait – Bungarus fasciatus – deadly, active at night.

Red Tailed Racers have green or blue eyes.

Beautiful Viper or Brown Spotted Green Viper.

Girl holding a red tailed racer (rat snake) – harmless.

A small (juvenile) monocled cobra from Krabi province in Thailand's south. This is a potentially deadly snake that should be treated with great care and respect. Naja kaouthia. — Juvenile Monocled Cobra – quite deadly when small too.

Small Malayan pit viper (Calloselasma rhodostoma) with a red tint in a plastic bottle for relocation. — Small Malalan Pit Viper in water bottle.

Gonyosoma oxycephalum, the red-tailed racer is a common Thailand rat snake which forages on the ground and primarily in the trees and bushes for birds and eggs. — Red Tailed Racers have blue and black tongues.

Malayan Bridle Snakes look just like Malayan Kraits – and yet, not dangerous.

Malayan Pit VIper in a red / pink variety

Mangrove Cat Snake – slightly venomous

A brownish colored Indo-Chinese Rat Snake (Ptyas korros) from Southern Thailand.

Necrosis from monocled cobra bite (Naja kaouthia).

Red-necked keelback (Rhabdophis subminiatus) is a dangerous snake with potentially fatal consequences with envenomation. This snake is not prone to biting, but if it bites for an extended time period, serious consequences can result. — Juvenile Red Necked Keelback. Dangerous, potentially deadly, venomous, and poisonous.

Keeled Rat Snake – Ptyas carinatus – in front of blood python.

Bronzeback snake from Southern Thailand.

Another Mangrove Pit Viper – color variation is wide. Copyright Carlton.

Mangrove Pit Viper found in Krabi mangroves.

Juvenile striped bronzeback snake.

Red Tailed Racers – one of the favorite foods for king cobras.

Blood python – very, very strong.

Bronzeback snake.

Two banded kraits mating. Copyright _______ ______.

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