snake redux

Post by **huahinsimon** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:08 pm

"jumped" out of the pool. about 2meters. slithered into pool equipment room. coiled up under the sand filter. could only get this photo. brown with black rings

name that snake, PLEASE!

HHS

Post by **BaaBaa.** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:21 pm

huahinsimon wrote:name that snake, PLEASE!

Dave?

Post by **lindosfan1** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:00 pm

Baa Baa thats a daft answer that is hissing sid

JW · Post by JW » Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:55 pm

Baa Baa - funny as.

JW · Post by JW » Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:59 pm

Seriously though that could be a King Cobra, they are usually very shy and keep away from us - maybe its been disturbed by building work.
Thats one super dangerous Dave!

Post by **buksida** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:12 pm

Looks like a Malayan Brown, they have those bands but I didn't think you got them this far north.

Shame you couldn't get a shot of its head. If you haven't already don't kill it, release it in the bush.

JW · Post by JW » Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:19 pm

need to see the head, Kings have black bands also.

Post by **Norseman** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:05 pm

This could be everything from a harmless water snake to a highly venomous and deadly Pit viper.
Triangular nasty head = Pit viper, beautiful round pointed head=water snake.
Show us the head please!!

Post by **huahinsimon** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:28 am

buksida wrote: If you haven't already don't kill it, release it in the bush.

would love to. like to help catch it?

Post by **huahinsimon** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:27 am

BaaBaa. wrote:
huahinsimon wrote:name that snake, PLEASE!
Dave?

Cute! nice sense of humor

HHS

JW · Post by JW » Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:25 am

If its still there it may be shedding its skin, leave the door open to pumphouse and let it leave on its own. Don't mess with it, and as buksi says dont kill it. It would be cool to get a better picture!

Post by **Roel** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:42 am

With the variation in colour (color) that I spot in the picture; any change it are TWO snakes maybe?

Post by **huahinsimon** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:26 pm

Per my signature, maybe I'm drinking to much and seeing snakes.....

But no, it was real. I got the picture.

Didnt want to kill it, it was a beauty!! but also dont want the animals or children endangered.

Returned this morning with two Thai guys, camera and shovels in hands. No snake. From pictures in National Geo and Poisoneous snakes I really thing it is a King Cobra. It was quite thick in the middle, fast, and fleeing and tried to crawl up the wall but fell back before hiding in the pump house.

Guess its up to karma now. I'll be real careful when working in the yard.

HHS

Post by **Roel** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:51 pm

Good for you Simon. And the snake is probably also very happy now it got away from you and is free again!

But what I was suggesting is that in your picture I see a brown colour with black bands and a quite different grey-ish colour. Therefore is it possible that we are looking at a picture of two snakes here? A brown one and a grey one?

Post by **STEVE G** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 2:17 pm

HHS, A colleague of mine just sent me this photo of a snake he found on his patio in the outskirts of Bangkok which it looks similar to the one you posted. He thinks it might be some type of pit viper but he’s an aircraft engineer like me and no expert on the subject!

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