Snakes in the house and garden

[liveforgolf]

Anyone have any idea what kind of snake this is, it was in my garden

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[PeteC]

I think it may be in the Golden Tree snake family.

https://www.thailandsnakes.com/thailand ... on-snakes/

[Big Boy]

I'd say a painted bronzeback. Totally harmless.

[hhinner]

Yeah. The head pattern looks like it's a bronzeback.

[Big Boy]

I've just seen this posted on our sister Forum in Bang Saphan (big brute)

[PeteC]

Anyone have an idea what this one is?

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[Big Boy]

Yes, a harmless Golden Tree Snake. Great acrobats.

[PeteC]

That's what I thought as well. They seem to follow the wife around at our place. I'll be out working on the property for hours and won't encounter even one, she walks 20 meters and runs into one, frequently. She's getting paranoid!

[handdrummer]

That's what I thought as well. They seem to follow the wife around at our place. I'll be out working on the property for hours and won't encounter even one, she walks 20 meters and runs into one, frequently. She's getting paranoid!

There must be a fairy tale somewhere about snakes and princesses or something to that effect.

[PeteC]

Hats off to this guy!

Krabi rescue volunteer catches giant king cobra with bare hands

https://thethaiger.com/news/national/kr ... bare-hands





A volunteer from the Ao Nang rescue team in southern Thai province of Krabi caught a giant king cobra with his bare hands. The 4.5 metre, 10 kilogram snake was reported by the residents after it slithered into a palm plantation. The giant cobra tried to hide in a septic tank near locals’ houses.

It took 40 year old volunteer, Sutee Naewhaad, over 20 minutes to catch the snake and put it into a bag. He tried hard to catch the snake on its neck. He was able to get the snake onto the road and finally grabbed its neck. The snake catcher shared with Thai media that this king cobra might have been looking for its mate because another cobra had recently been killed by locals. He says that his snake-catching skills came from the training, adding that the work is “dangerous and no one should try to catch a snake without a professional”.

We concur!

[Nereus]

Mysterious 'furry green' snake shocks locals: 'Never seen one'

https://au.news.yahoo.com/mysterious-fu ... 52093.html

A mysterious 'furry green' snake has been found floating in a swamp in Thailand.

The two-feet (about 0.6 metres) long creature appeared to be covered in fur when it was found in Sakhon Nakhon province last Saturday.

It was taken home by local Tu, 49, after he noticed it moving slowly in the dirty water near his home while he was walking.

He then kept it in a jar before showing it to his confused family members who were baffled by the creature's dragon-like appearance.

"I have never seen a snake that looked like this before. My family and I thought it would be useful to let people find out what it is and research about it," Tu's niece Waraporn Panyasarn, 30, said.

She took a video of the animal and posted it online, asking for experts to find what the creature was.

The family kept the snake at home and fed it small fish while waiting for authorities to identify the animal.

The two-feet (about 0.6 metres) long creature appeared to be covered in fur when it was found in Sakhon Nakhon province last Saturday.

It was taken home by local Tu, 49, after he noticed it moving slowly in the dirty water near his home while he was walking.

He then kept it in a jar before showing it to his confused family members who were baffled by the creature's dragon-like appearance.

"I have never seen a snake that looked like this before. My family and I thought it would be useful to let people find out what it is and research about it," Tu's niece Waraporn Panyasarn, 30, said.

She took a video of the animal and posted it online, asking for experts to find what the creature was.

The family kept the snake at home and fed it small fish while waiting for authorities to identify the animal.

Some locals said the furry reptile could be a puff-faced water snake that had moss growing on its body from waiting so long in the swamp to catch its prey in the still, shallow water and rocky crevices.

Sam Chatfield, who is snake species coordinator at Wildlife ARC on the NSW Central Coast, told Yahoo News Australia it did look like a puff-faced water snake with algae growing on its scales.

"The scales are on top of skin and mostly made of keratin. It's like having a layer on top of the skin and when they shed they're shedding the outside of those scales," she said.
"Next time it sheds it (the algae layer) will come off."

Ms Chatfield said she could already see the reptile had been rubbing off the scales on the front of its face to see better.

The mildly venomous species of water snake is believed to have originated from the Indonesian archipelago.

[PeteC]

‘Furry Green’ snake discovered in Northeast Thailand

https://thethaiger.com/news/north-east/ ... t-thailand





A local of Sakhon Nakhon province in Northeast Thailand discovered a rare species just near his home last month- a snake with green fur. The local man, Tu, now waits for authorities to identify the strange animal. Other locals reportedly told media they believe the snake might be a puff-faced water snake. They say that if it is one, then the ‘fur’ groing on it is moss that started to grow on its body when it waited to catch prey in shallow and rocky crevices.

Puff-faced water snakes are mostly dark brown or black. They are highly venomous, and found in India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. They come in different variations.

Tu is currently keeping the snake he found at his house, while he waits for authorities to identify it. He found it in a dirty swamp. Tu’s niece told Yahoo News she thought the snake could be a good opportunity to educate people.

“I have never seen a snake that looked like this before. My family and I thought it would be useful to let people find out what it is and research about it”.

[bigston]

Twice in the past 2 months a snake "not the same one " has for whatever reason decided that the fuses at the top of the power pole are the place to be, resulting in a blackout, or partial blackout , we are on 3 phase , resulting in a service call from PEA to reconnect and remove the remains
why do they do this ???
and is there a deterrent ??

[Big Boy]

I'd guess it would be chasing lizards for food, or simply sun bathing.

[bigston]

maybe lizards ??? the sunnies were not needed at 7.50 pm last night