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Wolf Snake

Photo by ranbir.gurkha
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Field Notes

Description:

Slender black snake with white rings, tringular head.

Habitat:

This specimen was spotted in thick vegetation, altitude - 5400 ft above sea level

Species ID Suggestions

Common Krait

Bungarus caeruleus

Reference Link
Gopal murali
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Comments (17)
Scott Frazier
@ranbir.gurkha, that wasn't me that commented previously on the viper (I made a species suggestion), although I admit thinking it!
williefromwi
Wonderful spotting, and I am thrilled you were not bitten. I have just chosen to follow you, I hope and pray that you will use care and wisdom, before picking up an unknown snake, I would love to be able to follow you for a very long time. This sure looks like the Krait, and from what I have read, it has powerful neurotoxins which induce muscle paralysis. Very venomous. God sure had his hand of protection on you it appears.
ranbir.gurkha
No Frazier.....i was very casual about it...this wud be second snake i handled that is turning out to be something more dangerous, remember the white lipped viper u commented on? lucky for the srcond time!! but i checked pictures ok, online, n i think the markings of a krait are different than a wolf snake....boy i am confused here!!!
ranbir.gurkha
No Frazier.....i was very casual about it...this wud be second snake i handled that is turning out to be something more dangerous, remember the white lipped viper u commented on? lucky for the srcond time!! but i checked pictures ok, online, n i think the markings of a krait are different than a wolf snake....boy i am confused here!!!
Gopal murali
The number of bands are more because its a juvenile sir..u can see bands in anterior part is thinner than rest of the body it will disappear as it ages sir..
Gopal murali
Thats a krait fr sure sir..just zoom in the pic u have posted later sir.u will find mid body scales as a hexagon as shown in the below picture http://www.flickr.com/photos/aniket_modak/3402174180
Gopal murali
ok sir..do u have another picture of it ??from above sir??
ranbir.gurkha
i am not sure of that, i tallied the pictures but this species has a bit different markings. The Zaw's wolf snake, which u suggest, has got comparitively thinner white markings and are more spaced.....may be another sub specimen of the wolf snake family...
ranbir.gurkha
Thanx for the comment Gopal, but I had it confirmed....it is the Wolf Snake...
Gopal murali
It looks like a common krait to me sir in this photo bands looks blue in color which is not seen in wolf snakes.did u noticed any hexagonal scales along the mid body of the snake sir??
ranbir.gurkha
Yes Frazier, i caught it...kept it for two days and then left it...i think it is a common wolf snake...mimic of a krait..
Scott Frazier
Looks like it is on carpet yet spotted in thick vegetation? Did you capture it?
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PublishedOctober 19, 2011

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