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Philippine Whipsnake - juvenile

Dryophiops philippina

Photo by AlbertKang
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Field Notes

Description:

Saw this juvenile Philippine Whipsnake - Dryophiops philippina during a hot day when it suddenly started to rain.
It was along a busy road and when I passed it, I thought it was just a twig, small and slender (half a meter length, body thickness less than 1 cm), looking like a twig or small branch. I had to do a double take and was pleasantly surprised that it was a Snake!

Then I realised it was actually drinking the fresh water that was gathering on the leaf.

Pic#3 with my left hand places on the leaf, next to the snake for size reference.

Notes:

A video of the snake sipping the rain water can be seen here :

https://www.facebook.com/askkang/videos/vb.793127490/10155608712107491/…

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