Snakes make well-calculated decisions about where they are heading next. If you rather not have them visit your garden, make sure the grass at the neighbours is always greener. Table of contents This will...
The Trimeresurus wiroti, commonly known as Wirot’s Pit Viper, or Wirot’s Palm Pit Viper, is a rarely encountered species. It ranges on the lower half of the Thai peninsula, a region that sees a...
The Ovophis monticola, known commonly as the Himalayan Mountain Pit Viper or Chinese Mountain Pit Viper, is one of Thailand’s most elusive snake species. Though in Northern Thailand especially where access to higher elevation...
The Protobothrops kelomohy SUMONTHA, VASARUCHAPONG, CHOMNGAM, SUNTRARACHUN, PAWANGKHANANT, SOMPAN, SMITS, KUNYA, CHANHOME, 2020, known in English as the Omkoi Lance-headed Pit Viper is a species found in a remote corner of northwest Thailand. In...
Background story of the first record of the Red River Krait (Bungarus slowinskii) in Thailand Maybe I was being greedy, but I just couldn’t call it a night when I crossed paths with a...
The Wagler’s Pit Viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri), also known as the Temple Viper, is one of Thailand’s most beautiful viper species. And the sexual dimorphism (difference in characteristics between the two sexes) is unbelievable. The...
The Large-eyed Pit Viper (Trimeresurus macrops) is a fairly widespread species in Thailand, and can be fairly common in the right habitat. More details will follow once I have more time on my hands...
Gumprecht’s Pit Viper (Trimeresurus gumprechti), one of Thailand’s largest green pit viper species. Found at high altitude in north – northeast Thailand. More details will follow once I have more time on my hands...
In the recent paper, Troublesome Trimes: Potential cryptic speciation of the Trimeresurus (Popeia) popeiorum complex (Serpentes: Crotalidae) around the Isthmus of Kra (Myanmar and Thailand) by DANIEL G. MULCAHY, JUSTIN L. LEE, ARYEH H....
The Malayan Pit Viper, Calloselasma rhodostoma, is a well-camouflaged, terrestrial, brown, pit viper species that is found in most of the country where habitat is suitable. This species seems to prefer lowland areas, and...