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Visited by a Baby-Snake
Mark: 30 July 2010
Updated with 2 funny pics from a reader !
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While sitting before my computer, I suddenly saw behind the curtain of a window something long and blackish falling to the floor: a cute little baby-snake found a hole somewhere - may be a not properly closed window - and came to visit me.
Can anybody tell me
what kind of snake this is?
Despite cheking lot of pictures on the NET - I was not able to define it. It looks similar to the Mangrove Snake (equal 'Goldringed Cat Snake' ?) - but the body is not black, but brown and the lower side of the head is not yellow. And it has a signature on the head. So - can anybody help? Is it a baby form? Is it safe to touch ? (If you are nor registered, just use 'contact' to tell me.) Thanks.
John, living on Langkawi, sent me the following pictures of 'his' snake, which is a bit bigger, with the following comment:
Pythons love music . . .
Pythons love beer . . .
Comments
Dear Othman by Mark on 31 Jul 2010, 5:52 pm
Thanks a lot. Yes in between we came to the same conclusion, but were not sure...
Here is an article with a picture and it looks exactly the same:
http://www.treknature.com/gallery/Asia/India/photo171195.htm
The little snake is indeed very aggressive despite of its size!Cute !
Mark
Put in for John by Mark on 31 Jul 2010, 6:05 pm
Yes, it is a nonvenomous snake, local people call it 'ular air' = water snake.
by Mark on 31 Jul 2010, 6:06 pm
Thanks John !
by Peter Germann on 25 Aug 2010, 12:40 am
Hi Mark
your snake is a Dryocalamus subannulatus. In German: Gebaenderte Zuegelnatter.
She lives mostly in trees/forests in the flatlands. Eats frogs and lizards. Length around 60 cm.
She is nonvenomous.
Peter
Belated THANKS, Peter by Mark on 30 Aug 2010, 6:51 pm
I guess you mean 'Gebänderte Züngelnatter'. I could not verify this - very little about this name in the internet and no pictures.
I still believe the right name here is 'Wolfsnake'.
Put in for Othman: by Mark on 31 Jul 2010, 5:42 pm
Hai Mark,
The Snake that did visit you is a nonvenomous snake and it has already adult size. From my experience this snake eats small geckos - try to find gecko in your house. In the book 'Fascinating Snake of Southeast Asia' that snake is called 'House @ Wolf Snake'.