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Wolf Snake

Description:

Slender black snake with white rings, tringular head.

Habitat:

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

1 Species ID Suggestions

Gopal murali
Gopal murali 12 years ago
Common Krait
Bungarus caeruleus Common Krait


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17 Comments

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

@ranbir.gurkha, that wasn't me that commented previously on the viper (I made a species suggestion), although I admit thinking it!

williefromwi
williefromwi 12 years ago

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
ranbir.gurkha 12 years ago

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
ranbir.gurkha 12 years ago

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!!!

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

Hmmm, I hope you took due care catching it!

Gopal murali
Gopal murali 12 years ago

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
Gopal murali 12 years ago

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_moda...

Gopal murali
Gopal murali 12 years ago

ok sir..thanks.:)

ranbir.gurkha
ranbir.gurkha 12 years ago

yes i do.....i will upload it...

Gopal murali
Gopal murali 12 years ago

ok sir..do u have another picture of it ??from above sir??

ranbir.gurkha
ranbir.gurkha 12 years ago

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...

Gopal murali
Gopal murali 12 years ago

fine sir:) lycodon zawi sir?

ranbir.gurkha
ranbir.gurkha 12 years ago

Thanx for the comment Gopal, but I had it confirmed....it is the Wolf Snake...

Gopal murali
Gopal murali 12 years ago

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
ranbir.gurkha 13 years ago

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
Scott Frazier 13 years ago

Looks like it is on carpet yet spotted in thick vegetation? Did you capture it?

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 13 years ago

Krait or krait mimic?

ranbir.gurkha
Spotted by
ranbir.gurkha

Sikkim, India

Spotted on Oct 17, 2011
Submitted on Oct 19, 2011

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