Cat Snake, Boiga jaspidea (Dumeril, Bibron and Dumeril, 1854). Photographed in the Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia (Island of Borneo). Adults reach 1.4 m. It ranges from southern Thailand and Malaysia (including Singapore) to Sumatra, Java, and Borneo.
Ornate Gliding Snake, Chrysopelea ornata (Shaw, 1802). Photographed at Thale Noi (Lake Songhkla area), Thailand. Adults may reach 1.3 m. This common, arboreal and diurnal snake feeds primarily on lizards, including geckos but it will also eat rodents and other snakes. They occur in forest edge habitats, as well as agroecosystems.
Striped Bronzeback, Dendrelaphis caudolineatus Gray, 1834. Photographed in the Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia (Island of Borneo). Adults reach 1.5 m. It occurs over much of tropical Asia, where it is closely associated with trees and water. It feeds on frogs and lizards.
Blanford's Bridal Snake, Dryocalamus davisonii Blanford, 1878. Photographed in Thailand's Khorat Basin. Adults reach 920 mm. This is a very slender, highly arboreal snake that can climb trees by gripping the bark with its slender body. It uses low land forests to an elevation of about 300 m. It hunts lizards and night, and females lay small (3-4) clutches of eggs. Blanford's Bridal Snake ranges from Myanmar and Thailand eastward over much of Indochina.
Dryophiops rubescens Gray, 1835. Photographed in Thailand's Khao Luang National Park. This slender, arboreal snake reaches about 1 m in length. It feeds upon lizards and frogs, and is a poorly known lowland forest inhabitant.
Gongylosoma baliodeirus Boie, 1827. Photographed in the Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia (Island of Borneo).
Red Tailed Rat Snake, Gonyosoma oxycephalum (Boie, 1827). Photograph of a captive specimen.
The Common Rat Snake, Ptyas mucosa (Linnaeus, 1758). Photographed in Thailand's Khorat Basin. A large colubrid, adults reaching at least 2.25 m, and one 11 feet 9 inches has been reported. It ranges from Afghanistan and India eastward through the Himalayas and southward into Indochina and tropical China. It also occurs in Indonesia. It uses open plains, it will climb into trees, and it is often closely associated with humans. Road killed specimens are not uncommon in suburban Bangkok.
Rhino Snouted Snake, Rhynchophis boulengeri Mocquard 1939. It is known from Vietnam and possibly southern China. Adults may exceed a meter (1135 mm) in total length. Neonates are brown, and they turn green with growth. This snake has become popular with herpetoculturists, it is said to use the snout as a lure for catching fish.
Slender Wolf Snake, Lepturophis albofuscus Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril, 1854. Photographed in the Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia (Island of Borneo). This snake has also been in the genus Lycodon, and called Lepturophis borneensis.
Liopeltis tricolor Schlegel, 1837. Photographed in the Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia (Island of Borneo).
Malayan Banned Wolf Snake, Lycodon subcinctus Reinwardt, 1827. Photographed in Thailand's Khorat Basin.
Brown Kukri Snake, Oligodon purpurascens Schlegel, 1837. A neonate, photographed at Tong Ng Chang Waterfall Park, near hat Yai, Thailand. Adults reach 890 mm. Forest litter is the habitat most often used. It ranges from southern Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, and Indonesia eastward to Java. Like most Oligodon, this snake most likely is an egg specialist.
