>>This is a colubrid snake which has venom glands (like most, and has been reported to cause some mild symptoms of envenoming (swollen hands etc.), but nothing too serious. They do a pretty good mimicry act of Daboia palaestinae (Palestine viper).

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>>Don't know much about their husbandry requirements, but now that we have a species ID, you should be able to find more info.

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>>Cheers,

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>>WW

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• unidentified snake in syria - bishr, Mon Feb 28 10:15:15 2005
• RE: unidentified snake in syria - bishr, Mon Feb 28 10:16:14 2005
• RE: unidentified snake in syria - bishr, Mon Feb 28 10:17:04 2005
• That looks like a species of Telescopus, probably T. dhara - chrish, Mon Feb 28 12:17:03 2005
• Hard to tell... - Scott Eipper, Mon Feb 28 23:31:41 2005
• RE: unidentified snake in syria - WW, Tue Mar 1 03:54:02 2005
• So do you think it is T. dhara as well? /np - chrish, Tue Mar 1 08:39:15 2005
• RE: So do you think it is T. dhara as well? /np - bishr, Wed Mar 2 13:02:33 2005
• Note the head markings - rearfang, Fri Mar 4 15:51:53 2005
• Ooooooppppsss... - WW, Mon Mar 7 03:54:02 2005