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Looks like a Bamboo Pit Viper, which is very venomous.

"This pit viper is distinguished by its green and yellow scales and by the pit organs found by the nostril. They usually grows about two and a half feet, starting at a pointed head and ending with a three part tail. Being a smaller snake, the Bamboo pit viper is pretty shy, using camouflage and other adaptations to hide from predators. That said, if you are ever lucky enough to find one of these snakes in the wild, observe from a distance! These snakes are venomous and if threatened have been known to strike out."


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there are some nasty things around...thanks


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Not nasty - beautiful and deserving of a healthy respect.

As venomous as they are, at least they have not, for example, developed an atomic bomb and/or successfully annihilated whole species of fellow snakes and other living beings.

Compared to humankind I find the bamboo pit viper rather benign. :-)

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beautiful and deserving of a healthy respect - for sure - yet nasty if it gets your teeth in you :)


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The Bamboo snake's bite is very painful and causes a swelling, but unlikely to cause worse than that as far as adults are concerned. Might leave you feeling a bit green for a few days. Bites resulting in fatalities are rare, with young children and pets most at risk.

Me and the dog came across a really angry one a few weeks ago. I think a cat had been hassling it. It blocked the path and wouldn't let us pass - we had to go the long way round to get home ...

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