Red-Necked Keelback Snake

This is our "snake of the month," this time just a few steps from our kitchen door. I found it Monday afternoon, a strange pattern unlike the grass surrounding it. I yelled for the kids and our guest to go upstairs, handed them the dogs, and got my cell-phone and snake book.
Kennedy, Trevor (Dean's intern) and a handyman all came to help, and the Thai handyman killed it. It was a very pretty snake, I'll upload a picture later. It is venomous, with rear-fangs. Most keelback snakes are not venomous, (we just got lucky?)

Comments

daughter of the King said…
I hate snakes! I think it is the surprise element. You never know when you are going to step out your kitchen door and find one waiting for you! Thank you God for protecting this family!
11/1/08 12:39 PM
Anonymous said…
Why kill it? It isn't a particularly venomous snake. You could have moved it away from your house and let it go.
26/3/08 7:15 PM
Oceanicthai said…
Dear Disgusted,
We take no particular pleasure in killing snakes, but there are so many venomous snakes here, and they are too quick for us to know how to handle and identify, that we take no chances. Last time it was a cobra. We had seen it over a month before but left it alone hoping it wasn't venomous. Next time we saw it, it was under our Christmas tree, just a few feet from our son. Snakes are beautiful creatures, but we can't take the risk.
10/4/08 10:43 AM
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