Recently we have been getting a lot of calls about green snakes
A lot of people think every green snake in Bali is highly dangerous
We hear them described as Bali Mambas and two step snakes but there are no mambas in Bali and Bali pit vipers cannot usually kill an adult
The only dangerously venomous green snake in Bali is the White lipped island pit viper, lipi gadang. Trimesurus albolabris insularis. It grows to just under 1metre and is usually found in bushes and trees, but during the wet season may wander into out buildings to keep warm. Diet is frogs birds lizards and small rodents so on dark nights it may be found at ground level. It is a nocturnal ambush predator with reasonably solid body and a very distinctive head shape. Compared to the others it is a slow moving snake. This snake will bite if you annoy it or try to move it
Next we have one of the most common snakes in Bali. Vine snake, Aehutella prasina. Long slender snake almost always found in bushes and trees. Head is shaped like an arrowhead and they glide through the trees like green ribbons. Often reach about 2 metres in Bali….Very long thin tail. They are mildly venomous to frogs lizards and birds but cannot hurt a human at all
Number 3 is red tailed racer, gonyosoma oxyphalum. Fast moving non venomous snake that eats rats frogs birds and lizards. Head shape is quite distinctive and very different to both the vine snake and the viper. They can grow to over 2 metres and are totally harmless to humans
For more information about venomous snakes in Bali please read these notes
https://www.facebook.com/notes/bali-reptile-rescue/bali-venomous-poisonous-snakes-and-the-only-bite-treatment-that-works/407779562657452
http://www.facebook.com/notes/bali-reptile-rescue/snake-bite-treatment-penanganan-gigitan-ular-/439048446197230
Pit viper
Pit viper
Vine snake
Vine snake.. Usually plain green but when they are disturbed often show other colours especially near the neck and upper body
Red tailed racer
A lot of people think every green snake in Bali is highly dangerous
We hear them described as Bali Mambas and two step snakes but there are no mambas in Bali and Bali pit vipers cannot usually kill an adult
The only dangerously venomous green snake in Bali is the White lipped island pit viper, lipi gadang. Trimesurus albolabris insularis. It grows to just under 1metre and is usually found in bushes and trees, but during the wet season may wander into out buildings to keep warm. Diet is frogs birds lizards and small rodents so on dark nights it may be found at ground level. It is a nocturnal ambush predator with reasonably solid body and a very distinctive head shape. Compared to the others it is a slow moving snake. This snake will bite if you annoy it or try to move it
Next we have one of the most common snakes in Bali. Vine snake, Aehutella prasina. Long slender snake almost always found in bushes and trees. Head is shaped like an arrowhead and they glide through the trees like green ribbons. Often reach about 2 metres in Bali….Very long thin tail. They are mildly venomous to frogs lizards and birds but cannot hurt a human at all
Number 3 is red tailed racer, gonyosoma oxyphalum. Fast moving non venomous snake that eats rats frogs birds and lizards. Head shape is quite distinctive and very different to both the vine snake and the viper. They can grow to over 2 metres and are totally harmless to humans
For more information about venomous snakes in Bali please read these notes
https://www.facebook.com/notes/bali-reptile-rescue/bali-venomous-poisonous-snakes-and-the-only-bite-treatment-that-works/407779562657452
http://www.facebook.com/notes/bali-reptile-rescue/snake-bite-treatment-penanganan-gigitan-ular-/439048446197230
Pit viper
Pit viperVine snakeVine snake.. Usually plain green but when they are disturbed often show other colours especially near the neck and upper bodyRed tailed racer
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