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Saw a snake yesterday!

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Was wondering what kind of snake this is. I saw it on road 48 near Botom Sakor

his head didn't look big but was just too late to capture it on camera.. body long and fat..

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It's a python of some sort
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Wow! maybe it's dangerous, but I think the snakes are pretty. In the place I live, the snakes arent larger than 20 cm, and are harmless
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looking at the pattern, it is a constrictor species
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not a python... I am 100% sure is a Russels Viper. (snakes is one of my fields of endeavor in Asia) Very Deadly !!

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It's a Burmese Python.
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Re: Saw a snake yesterday!

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John Bingham wrote: ↑Fri Apr 27, 2018 1:44 pm It's a Burmese Python.

google some images of Burmese Python v Russel's Viper and compare. Definitely the latter.
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here another pic that we made.. unfortunately not clear..
but the viper has more like round camo and this looked more like army camo on the skin of the snake... or am I wrong?

the left side is his head quite narrow it seems..

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I also think it is a Russell’s.
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Re: Saw a snake yesterday!

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Artful Dodger wrote: ↑Fri Apr 27, 2018 1:58 pm

google some images of Burmese Python v Russel's Viper and compare. Definitely the latter.
I did earlier, I understand snakes can vary wildly in appearance, but Russel's Vipers seem to usually have a much more consistent/ even pattern which is why I still think it's a Burmese Python.

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Russel's Viper with very even markings.

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Burmese Python with typical highly varied markings.
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