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I went out into the water logged fields with my girlfriends brother and a torch last night.
Found three snakes (not bad huh?) but have no clue as to what this snake is.
From the photo it is mostly black with irregular white bands...the last one on the short stubby tail is actually red.
This snake was found in the water wrestling with a small freshwater eel.
It was probably about 30cm in length.

Any ideas?

here is the link if you can't see the image....img.photobucket.com/albums/v502/gnad/ResizeofDSC01741.jpg

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Tell us what part of the planet it was found on. Thanks! ~~Greg~~

>>I went out into the water logged fields with my girlfriends brother and a torch last night.
>>Found three snakes (not bad huh?) but have no clue as to what this snake is.
>>From the photo it is mostly black with irregular white bands...the last one on the short stubby tail is actually red.
>>This snake was found in the water wrestling with a small freshwater eel.
>>It was probably about 30cm in length.
>>
>>Any ideas?
>>
>>here is the link if you can't see the image....img.photobucket.com/albums/v502/gnad/ResizeofDSC01741.jpg
>>
>>
>>

>>>>I went out into the water logged fields with my girlfriends brother and a torch last night.
>>>>Found three snakes (not bad huh?) but have no clue as to what this snake is.
>>>>From the photo it is mostly black with irregular white bands...the last one on the short stubby tail is actually red.
>>>>This snake was found in the water wrestling with a small freshwater eel.
>>>>It was probably about 30cm in length.
>>>>
>>>>Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>>here is the link if you can't see the image....img.photobucket.com/albums/v502/gnad/ResizeofDSC01741.jpg
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>

np

n/p

Thanks, sorry forgot to mention that I am in the south of thailand...

so I searched Cylindrophis ruffus and the description and tail are definatly spot on...the only thing is that it doesn't include the white
half bands.
Could this be because the snake is a juvenile or just colour variation?

>>Thanks, sorry forgot to mention that I am in the south of thailand...
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>>so I searched Cylindrophis ruffus and the description and tail are definatly spot on...the only thing is that it doesn't include the white
>>half bands.
>>Could this be because the snake is a juvenile or just colour variation?

You are looking at the ventral side of the snake, which invariably has these black and white half-bands. The dorsum does not have them.

Cheers,

Wolfgang
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Thanks wolfgang, it was hard to tell with the snake contorting like that in the picture...it all makes sense now though

actually just found this...the lines to seem to extend in some cases

They actually get darker on top with age. I had a pair for many years. They don't usually aclimate well to captivity, but the ones that do are prolific eaters and have awesome personalities, one of my favorite snakes. They generally eat eels in the wild, but once they start eating, they'll eat anything that moves. Their jaws do not seperate like most snakes to eat larger prey, but they make up for it with biting power.

Thanks...interesting ifo and I agree an interesting snake, first one I've come across but seing it in action against that eel was amaizing...