Snakes in Thailand
Thailand has over 200 snake species, many of which are venomous. The snake sightings in Bangkok mainly include pit vipers, pythons, and pythons, the monocled cobra being one of the deadliest of the lot. In an unusual incident in 2022, a furry snake green in color was spotted near the swampy regions of northeast Thailand’s Sakon Nakhon province. The man who spotted it had kept the snake 2 feet in length within a container feeding it with fish until the authorities identified it.
The cobra species found here is the longest. A king cobra measuring 13 ft was discovered in one of southern Thailand’s housing estates. The brahminy blindsnake, on the other hand, is the smallest species in Thailand.
| Groups | Venomous | Non-venomous |
|---|---|---|
| Vipers | Malayan Pit Viper White-lipped Pit Viper Large-eyed Pit Viper Mangrove Pit Viper | – |
| Pythons | – | Burmese Python Reticulated Python |
| Pit-vipers | Eastern Russell’s Viper | – |
| Whip Snakes | Oriental Whip Long-nosed Whip Snake | – |
| Cobras | Monocled Cobra Indochinese Spitting Cobra Equatorial Spitting Cobra King Cobra | – |
| Coral Snakes | Blue Coral Snake Golden Tree Snake (Ornate Flying Snake) Small-spotted Coral Snake | – |
| Kraits | Malayan Krait Banded Krait | – |
| Hydrophis | Yellow-bellied Sea Snake Lambert’s Sea Snake | – |
Erpeton | Tentacled Snake | – |
| Cerberus | Dog-faced Water Snake | – |
| Bitia | Keel-bellied Water Snake | – |
Rhabdophis | Red-necked Keelback | – |
| Enhydris | Chanard’s Mud Snake Rainbow Water Snake | – |
Enhydrina | Beaked Sea Snake | – |
| Boiga | Many-spotted Cat Snake Green Cat Snake | – |
| Coelognathus | – | Copperhead Racer |
| Lycodon | – | Laotian Wolf Snake Common Wolf Snake Common Bridle Snake |
Fowlea | – | Checkered Keelback |
Dendrelaphis | – | Painted Bronzeback |
| Xenopeltis | Sunbeam Snake | |
| Ptyas | – | Oriental Ratsnake |
Oligodon | – | Banded Kukri Snake Striped Kukri Snake |
| Cylindrophis | – | Jodi’s Pipe Snake |
| Homalopsis | – | Jack’s Water Snake |
| Subsessor | – | Bocourt’s Water Snake |
Acrochordus | – | Little File Snake |
| Enhydris | – | Jagor’s Water Snake |
| Acrochordus | – | Javan Wart Snake |
| Psammophis | – | Indo-chinese Sand Snake |
| Amphiesma | – | Buff Striped Keelback |
Indotyphlops | – | Brahminy Blindsnake White-headed Blind Snake |
Argyrophis | – | Diard’s Blind Snake Roxane’s Blind Snake |
Gonyosoma | – | Red-tailed Racer |
Snakes by Colors and Patterns
Green Snakes: Oriental Whip Snake,White-lipped Pit Viper,Green Cat Snake
