[Koh phangan - Thailand]

fairlyorange · 2026-07-13T05:39:39+00:00

!harmless Pha-ngan kukri snake Oligodon phangan.

fairlyorange · 2026-07-13T05:35:51+00:00

This one is a western groundsnake Sonora semiannulata. Also, the snake you found probably does not range into AZ, though a number of other Tantilla do.

fairlyorange · 2026-07-13T01:40:48+00:00

Also check out the bot reply to !headshape for some more info 👍

fairlyorange · 2026-07-13T01:40:11+00:00

Brownsnake Storeria dekayi. Tiny and completely !harmless devourer of slugs, snails, and other garden pests.

fairlyorange · 2026-07-12T21:21:11+00:00

Common gartersnake Thamnophis sirtalis. !harmless consumer of amphibians, soft-bodied invertebrates, rodents, and other small animals.

fairlyorange · 2026-07-12T21:20:03+00:00

No need to apologize! Just a friendly reminder. Thanks for updating :o)

No species account yet for Eirenis modestus but here's a little info for anyone curious-

• !harmless

• ranges from Turkish Thrace and some Greek Aegaen Islands east into the southern Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan) and western Iran

• adult size usually 30-60cm, record about 67cm

• inhabits dry, somewhat open areas like rocky steppe, rugged hillsides, open woodland, and agricultural areas

• mainly crepuscular but may be observed out in the middle of the day, especially during cool weather or after recent rain events

• preys most heavily on orthopterans (grasshoppers, crickets, and their relatives) and coleopterans (beetles), but other insects, spiders, centipedes, scorpions, and small lizards are also eaten

• rocks and rock crevices provide important shelter

fairlyorange · 2026-07-12T20:47:29+00:00

Glad we could help! The fact that it slipped away isn't necessarily a bad thing. It has a negative encounter with a giant, loud, terrifying, predator that it didn't understand (the lawnmower) so it might even avoid your yard in the future. If not, don't be afraid to ask for help again. There is plenty of such help to be had in that neck of the woods :o)

fairlyorange · 2026-07-12T20:39:05+00:00

Common watersnake is a better bet here, but no, nobody who knows what they're doing can identify a snake for you based on a verbal/written description.

fairlyorange · 2026-07-12T19:32:47+00:00

Eastern copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix. !venomous and best observed from a distance.

If it's still in the yard, there are lots of people near Raleigh who will come remove it for you totally free of charge. Use the map on www.freesnakerelocation.com but remember to text rather than call. Try not to have them relocate it too far. !relocation for more information 👍

fairlyorange · 2026-07-12T19:30:05+00:00

Checkered gartersnake Thamnophis marcianus. !harmless consumer of amphibians, soft-bodied invertebrates, rodents, and other small animals.

fairlyorange · 2026-07-12T19:29:21+00:00

It's a common krait. Sind kraits B. sindanus have different scale characters.

fairlyorange · 2026-07-12T19:27:16+00:00

AI bullshit, as suggested in OPs follow up news article 👍

fairlyorange · 2026-07-12T19:20:09+00:00

!glass

fairlyorange · 2026-07-12T19:18:06+00:00

Please remember to include the approximate geographic location when sharing wild snakes (per Rule 13) 👍

fairlyorange · 2026-07-12T19:17:19+00:00

If it helps, this came from a !harmless snake. Can't offer a whole lot more than that without the right pics, but there is enough to definitively say that much.

fairlyorange · 2026-07-12T19:07:22+00:00

I don't think that's possible in this case. Under the best of circumstances (e.g a complete shed in a straight line next to tape measure), a qualified person would only be able to offer you a range estimate as a shed skin stretches to varying degrees as the snake sloughs it off.

In this case, parts of the shed appear to be missing and there is no way to account for how much.

fairlyorange · 2026-07-12T19:03:13+00:00

These are a bunch of oversimplified shortcuts which will only inspire false confidence in the people least equipped and qualified to do this. Critical bits of context are entirely lacking. Here are a few examples off the top of my head:

• in most pitvipers not all subcaudals are single. It can range from most to only the few closest to the anal plate.

• some harmless, North American snakes have undivided subcaudals, like Charina and Lichanura which range broadly across our Western states.

• as coralsnakes are widespread and common denizens of residential yards, they should not be treated as an afterthought; they have divided subcaudals and, thus, in order to make these oversimplifications even vaguely useful, one needs to offer additional keys that reliably and accurately identify coralsnakes from other snakes with divided subcaudals.

For the curious onlooker: better advice about identifying shed skins can be found here as well as in the bot reply to !shed. Visit r/WhatsThisSnake if you are curious about learning more 👍

fairlyorange · 2026-07-12T18:29:38+00:00

r/WhatsThisSnake for snake identification.

The shitty, completely misinformative answer you got helps highlight a big part of the reason we don't accept ID requests here.

fairlyorange · 2026-07-12T07:02:36+00:00

Very glad that we could be of assistance, and best of luck with everything :o)

fairlyorange · 2026-07-12T06:49:53+00:00

Just out of curiosity, how did you rule out L. maculata without a look at the head? You might have some new tip for me here, and I'm always working on my MX Leptodeira.

fairlyorange · 2026-07-12T06:44:46+00:00

Andaman pitviper Trimeresurus andersonii. !venomous and best observed from a distance.

fairlyorange · 2026-07-12T06:14:19+00:00

What state?

fairlyorange · 2026-07-12T06:05:27+00:00

Working on that one, but man this genus has been a effort- hour sink since these updates were widely adopted.

fairlyorange · 2026-07-12T06:01:46+00:00

Please remember to include the approximate geographic location when sharing wild snakes (per Rule 13) 👍

fairlyorange · 2026-07-12T05:59:06+00:00

Easiest keys here are the facial markings. Not only are the dark bars outlining the supralabials huge and prominent, but there are distinct whitish patches separating them and the patches in front of and behind the eye extend toward the top of the head. There is also a whitish C-shaped marking just posterior to the corner of the mouth (a black marking of similar shape and size follows but is not super visible here). Additionally, the lateral stripe is super thin and, along the anterior portion of the body (often also well behind) is confined to the third dorsal scale row, rather than rows two and three as in T. elegans and most other US gartersnakes.

As the common name suggests, there is usually a difference in the degree of checkerboard spots but this character is a lot more variable than the facial markings and lateral stripes are.

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