Hi Terry there are 5 Elape we also find E frenata down South. There are also two Ptyas species. I thought they were considered Rat snakes?

The pics were taken in the North just outside Taipei



No open plains around here, most snakes are found by road cruising on scooters. Also in valleys were there is farmland. The farmers move rocks off there fields to the foot of mountains, rock tipping can be very productive there, and I love seeing the other critters besides snakes, and I must say the bush here is crawling with life, even on small hills and rivers in and around Taipei city.

I ride a bike trail long an estuarine river that runs through Taipei. The path runs next to a 4-mile long man mad rock pile. I ride it most mornings and afternoons, I find all sorts of snakes, Cobras, Rat snakes, vipers, and more, sunning them selves on the rocks. This is a heavily populated city, even this bike path has heavy traffic. The path is about 60 foot from the rock pile and the snakes hardly ever sun their full bodies. They are very aware and keep a low profile, no one ever notices them, unless they are on the move. It's amazing how the topography of TW does not allow man to take over I'm talking about flood areas from typhoons and zones with high land slide probability, which run through TW like veins. If TW was flat solid and safe there would be nothing left.

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