Snake ID?

Bitte_Kein_Lexus · Post by **Bitte_Kein_Lexus** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 10:36 am

I've been told by two unrelated Khmers that this snake is highly poisonous (deadly). Venom quickly goes to the heart, so a bite requires immediate care, else the result is amputation or death.

YouTube · Post by **General Mackevili** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 11:32 am

Trimeresurus stejnegeri AKA Chinese Tree Viper.

Trimeresurus stejnegeri is a species of venomous pit viper endemic to Asia. Its common names include bamboo viper, Chinese tree viper, Chinese green tree viper, and others. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.

Grows to a maximum total length of 75 centimetres (30 in), with a tail length of 14.5 centimetres (5.7 in). The males have hemipenes that are short and spinose beyond the bifurcation.

Scalation: dorsal scales in 21 longitudinal rows at midbody. 9-11 upper labials, of which the first are separated from nasal scales by a distinct suture. The supraoculars are single, narrow, and sometimes divided by a transverse suture. There are 11-16 scales in a line between the supraoculars. The ventrals number 150-174, and the subcaudals are 54-77. All of the subcaudals are paired.

Color pattern: above bright to dark green, below pale green to whitish, the two separated by a bright bicolored orange or brown (below) and white (above) (males) or bicolored or white only (females) ventrolateral stripe, which occupies the whole of the outermost scale row and a portion of the second row.

Common names: Bamboo viper, Chinese tree viper, bamboo snake, Chinese green tree viper, Chinese bamboo viper, Stejneger's pit viper, Stejneger's palm viper, red tail snake, Stejneger's bamboo pitviper, Formosan bamboo viper (for T. gramineus formosensis), Taiwan green tree viper (for T. s. formosensis).

Where it can be found: Assam (India) and Nepal through Burma, Thailand and Laos to China (Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Fujian, Zhejiang, Yunnan) and Taiwan. Leviton et al. (2003) also mention Vietnam. The type locality was originally listed as "Shaowu, Fukien Province, China", and later emended to "N.W. Fukien Province" by Pope & Pope (1933) (Fukien being the former romanization of Fujian).

^ That, or a harmless green snake, LoL.

YouTube · Post by **General Mackevili** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 11:36 am

Oops, I know you guys were thinking I probably wrote that all by myself, but the truth is, I stole it from Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimeresurus_stejnegeri

beaker · Post by **beaker** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 11:42 am

There is one with reddish eyes that is poisionous and one with yellow eyes that is not but both look identical body wise
http://www.udonmap.com/udonthaniforum/v ... 13053.html

Bitte_Kein_Lexus · Post by **Bitte_Kein_Lexus** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 11:24 pm

Definitely looks the part. That also what Lucky Lucan said on K440. The bite doesn't sound pleasant.

YouTube · Post by **General Mackevili** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 3:00 am

A bite from a non-venomous snake sounds far from pleasant too.

vladimir · Post by **vladimir** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 1:13 pm

A bite from honki newlydivorcedus is the worst.

You die a slow, lingering debt.

Flynn · Post by **Flynn** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 7:50 pm

Just came across this post on facebook. Looks like the same snake:

Basic Instinct · Post by **Basic Instinct** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 7:58 pm

That’s a green pit viper, aka white lipped pit viper, aka Cryptelytrops albolabris.
It’s not a “true viper” and therefore not as dangerous. It occurs in forests and open grassland as well as urban areas. This viper is endemic to Thailand and Cambodia, nocturnal, aggressive esp. in the evenings. It is poisonous and it’s bite causes extreme pain and can lead to necrosis (in severe cases only), but it’s not fatal.
The White-lipped Pit Viper is the leading cause of snakebite-related hospitalization in Thailand. There are no statistics for Cambodia available of course.

Conclusion: drinking water contaminated with Zyklon B is more dangerous than having an encounter with this snake. But you won’t believe me anyway.

Post by **Jamie_Lambo** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 7:38 pm

honestly, the snake in the picture, its head looks too small to be a viper, Vipers have a big protruding jaw, it looks (IMO) a lot more like a Red tailed green Rat Snake, its a snake that is also highly found throughout south east asia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonyosoma_oxycephalum

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