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Ian, I am not sure. I will make a species ID suggestion to see if anyone agrees or disagrees ;-)
Thank you for your explanation.
Can I name it Red-tailed Pipe Snake (Cylindrophis sp.)?
The "shape" is reminiscent of the "ular kepala dua" (colloquially, two-headed snakes) or Asian pipe snakes (Cylindrophiidae) wherein the tail and head are similarly shaped, i.e., blunt. (So it can't be the similar sunbeam snake, Xenopeltis unicolor: Xenopeltidae). There is only one Cylindrophiidae species in Java, Cylindrophis ruffus (red-tailed pipe snake), but I can't really match the exterior pattern of your specimen to even one in the one hundred images I've looked at! The most similar image I found is the older specimen depicted here http://bangkokherps.wordpress.com/2011/0...
Spotted on Nov 24, 2013
Submitted on Nov 25, 2013
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