Larry and Al;

I went in a different direction ... I noticed that the Englsih press quote of the snake's "name' was not the same as the one given in the Malay paper ... ketam (E) vs katam (M).

I accessed a Malay paper that linked me to a Malay search engine ... and while I have not picked up "katam timah" exactly yet ... I do have a lead on "katam".

If you would do me the kindness of pulling up http://www.prn2.usm.my/mainsite/bulletin/1995/penawar5.html, and then doing a 'word search' for the following at the bottom of my post ... it may give you guys enough hints about what the snake in question is .... I'll keep fussing around in the Malay search enginbe as I have time (Why does any search in any language for any reptile inevitably lead to a porn site?!)

Cheers

Wes



{Wes note ... notice 'neurotoxin' below and 'ular' Malay for snakes of all types ... also 'katam'}

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dan neurotoksin pada ular tedung, ular katam tebu dan ular pantai ….



{Wes note - leads you to a diagram and apparently some sub-species}

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Keluarga Elapidae

3 jenis ular katam:

http://www.prn2.usm.my/mainsite/bulletin/1995/penawar5.html

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