Two water snakes...
Sinonatrix annularis & Sinonatrix aequifasciata
dead ones are counted too..
I have been shooting the snakes in Shenzhen...52 species are recorded from Hong Kong.....
14 are venomous, but only 8 are dangerous, ok, except no 8, the rest are fatal...
1.Banded Krait, Bungarus fasciatus (found in Singapore)
2.Many Banded Krait, Bangarus multicinctus (found in Singapore)
3.Coral Snake, Calliophis macclellandi
4.Chinese Cobra, Naja atra
5.Kong Cobra, Ophiophagud hannah (found in Singapore)
6.Point-scaled Pit Viper, Protobothrops mucrosquamatus
7.Mountain Pit Viper, Trimeresurus monticola
8.White-lipped Pit Viper, Trimeresurus albolabris (found in Singapore)
Here are some I photographed...
Red-necked Keelback, Rhabdophis subminiatus
Venomus, with rear fang..one human death record in Japan I think.but most of the people think it's a common colubrid...often found being sold in the food market together with the water snakes(these are rear fang venomous snakes too..)..
Hmm, caught this species a few times already but never photograph properly........
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Two water snakes...
Sinonatrix annularis & Sinonatrix aequifasciata
dead ones are counted too..
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Dead Elaphe radiata & Elaphe rufodorsata
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Pareas margaritophorus, feeding on slugs...very common snake...
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Chinese mountain snake..Sibynophis chinensis
saw a few small ones last night but none alive!! sighh
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Blind snake......Ramphotyphlops braminus...
Now I always flip stones looking for Typhlops lazelli, which is currently known from HK only.....endemic? no way....
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Calamaria septentrionalis should be found in Shenzhen too...
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Mock Viper, Psammodynastes pulverulentus..
see here
Greater Green Snake, Cyclophiops major, earthworm eater...
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The coral snake...Calliophis macclellandi
Taiwan Kukri Snake, Oligodon formosanus..caught two specimens but none had red back....sighh.....egg eater...
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Mountain wolf snake..Lycodon ruhstrati, when I first saw this snake, I thought it was the deadly..Many banded krait...but still did a catch & release to practice my skill....
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And this is a juv many banded krait, Bungarus multicinctus I caught yesterday..........................................
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And finally I saw a White lipped pit viper last night......after looking for it since begining of this summer...
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Compare with the Chinese Pit Viper, T.stejnegeri collected from northern part of Guangdong province....
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not rainning since end June, all the typhoons go up to japan liao..but it's gonna rain tomorrow, so going up to the wu tong mountain again...fingers crossed for the reddish ratsnake Elaphe porphyracea nigrofasciata , my ultimate target here....
and lastly my new snake handler...
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New species count..at Wu Tong mountain.
Banded Wolf Snake (Lycodon subcinctus).
Locals usually would kill whatever snakes they see....snake = venomous = kill
more education is needed.
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Eh.. hire me go catch snakes leh...
Nice shot of the white-lipped by the way...
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Because I am an international black-listed poacher. ha ha ha
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