The Beautiful Pit Viper, Trimeresurus venustus, is a small but stunning pit viper species found on the Thai peninsula from Chumphon province southward. facts To be continued… Description To be continued… Similar-looking species To...
The Trimeresurus popeiorum is known as the Pope’s Pit Viper. This common green viper with red eyes occurs in North & Northwest Thailand mostly in evergreen forest and at medium to high elevation. facts...
The Trimeresurus kanburiensis, commonly known as the Kanburi Pit Viper, is an endemic viper from Western Thailand. This beautiful species has a fairly small range, it has so far only been recorded in Kanchanaburi...
Of the three currently known true cobras (Naja genus) in Thailand, the Equatorial Spitting Cobra, Naja sumatrana is by far the rarest of all. This species also known as Sumatran Spitting Cobra is in...
The Bungarus candidus commonly known as Malayan Krait or Blue Krait, is one of the most common species of Kraits in Thailand. It occurs in a wide variety of habitats and is found from...
The most widespread green pit viper species in Thailand is the Trimeresurus albolabris, known as the White-lipped Pit Viper. It is found throughout the whole country. Due to its preference to the lower elevations...
Even though the Banded Krait (sometimes referred to as the Yellow-banded Krait) – Bungarus fasciatus is perhaps the most common of all the Thai kraits, we personally believe it is also one of the...
Spoiler alert: According to a recent study (Molecular phylogeny found the distribution of Bungarus candidus in China (Squamata: Elapidae); (Xie et al. 2018)), it seems that the Malayan Krait (Bungarus candidus) can have a...
Of all Thai snakes, the Indochinese Spitting Cobra, Naja siamensis, is by far the snake I ‘fear’ the most to handle. It’s a fast, and agile snake, and a surprisingly fast and accurate spitter!...
No doubt, the Monocled Cobra, Naja kaouthia is one of Thailand’s most charismatic species, and at the same time one of the most feared snakes amongst the locals. Not strange, as the combination of...