According to Lim Boo Liat's "Poisonous Snakes of Peninsular Malaysia", the following names apply:



Naja kaouthia, Naja sumatrana: Ular Senduk



Ophiophagus hannah: Ular Tedung Selar



Bungarus fasciatus: Ular Katang Belang



Bungarus candidus: Ular Katang Tebu



Bungarus flaviceps: Ular Katang Kepala Merah



Calliophis gracilis: Ular Pantai Bintik



Calliophis maculiceps: Ular Pantai Bintik Kecil



Calliophis bivirgatus: Ular Pantai Biru Biru



Calliophis intestinalis: Ular Pantai Belang



The collective term for pitvipers is Ular Kapak - Calloselasma rhodostoma is Ular Kapak Bodoh, which translates roughly as "Stupid axe-headed snake"

Obviously, there will be multiple local names for many of these (as in chicken snake, red rat snake, etc...), and "ketam timah" is obviously one. The circumstances of the bite certainly have Bungarus (most likely candidus) written all over them.



There is an online Bahasa Malaysia-English dictionary at http://dictionary.bhanot.net/index.html



Ketam is translated as (1) crab (2) reap or harvest (3) plane (of wood)



Timah means tin.



Hard to make sense of.



The grandmother was presumably bitten by Naja kaouthia, which is common in NW Malaysia.



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