A man named Jake Douglas accidentally discovered a snake in the jungle of Mae Wang district – central part of Chiang Mai province in northern Thailand. The gills of this snake can stretch like a cobra, but the pattern of the neck is very strange.
Contrary to the patterns commonly seen in cobra species such as cobra, Indian cobra, Chinese cobra, etc., the back of this snake’s neck has a V-shape like a colored arrow. black and the skin color on the neck is yellow.
See pictures below:
So what kind of snake is this and is it dangerous?
Although it looks quite similar to the cobra of the genus Naja (scientific name: Naja) and also has the ability to spread its cobra when in danger like a cobra, the snake in the picture above is not a cobra and is not a cobra. can be said to be harmless!
The name of the snake above is the spear-nosed mountain tiger snake (Scientific name: Plagiopholis nuchalis), is a species of snake in the family of water snakes, not in the family Elapidae.
The lance-nosed mountain tiger snake eats earthworms. Photo: Bangkokherp
The lance-nosed mountain cobra is a species of snake endemic to Asia, commonly found in forests with elevations from 600 m to 1,620 m above sea level in China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, India, Vietnam… Their length is only about 45 cm with the body usually dark brown, the scales on the dorsal edge are black.
The lance-nosed mountain cobra is a rear-fanged snake, which is venomous but not dangerous enough to cause harm to humans. When in danger, this snake will mimic the behavior of a cobra when it expands its gills and raises its head.
Mountain cobras mainly feed on earthworms, and also prey on civets, birds of prey or even other large snakes. Mountain cobras are listed as Least Concern in the IUCN Red List.
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