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hello, i was wondering if anyone knows of a good website with pictures of snakes found in south korea. im stationed at kunsan right now and i came across a little guy i hadnt seen before. unfortunatly i didnt have a camera with me, so thats why i was wondering about a good site. it was about the size and body shape of a medium sized garter snake, but it had glossier scales. its coler was mainly a carmel color with black spots, and some light coleration too, but carmel was the main color. for a little guy it was pretty agresive too, i know it wasnt venomous cause there is only one type of venomous snake around here and it looked nothing like it at all. thanks

Maybe this guy?
Elaphe taeniura friesi

>>hello, i was wondering if anyone knows of a good website with pictures of snakes found in south korea. im stationed at kunsan right now and i came across a little guy i hadnt seen before. unfortunatly i didnt have a camera with me, so thats why i was wondering about a good site. it was about the size and body shape of a medium sized garter snake, but it had glossier scales. its coler was mainly a carmel color with black spots, and some light coleration too, but carmel was the main color. for a little guy it was pretty agresive too, i know it wasnt venomous cause there is only one type of venomous snake around here and it looked nothing like it at all. thanks
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

hmm, it kinda looked like the oligodon formosanus (sp?) but it says thier range is southern china, not south korea, but i guess china isnt all that far from here. i wish i had my dang camera with me, it was a beautiful snake.

Try looking through the EMBL reptile database. It is useful to narrow down which species of a particular genus it could have been - http://srs.embl-heidelberg.de:8000/srs5bin/cgi-bin/wgetz?[REPTILIA-Species:Oligodon*]
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

Hey Chris!

Whats the home page for that Heidelberg database?

Thanks,

John D
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