Snakes Of The Philippines

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Snakes Of The Philippines

• A Selection Of Photos That Should Help Identify A
  Few Of The More Common Species.

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Bar Bellied Sea Snake Very Similar To The Banded
Krait Equally Dangerous
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Black Edged Head Plates Show These Are King Cobras
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Cobra Flares Its Neck In Typical Threat Display
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Crab Eating Snake Lives In Mangrove Swamps
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Crab Eating Snake Dismembers It's Victim Only
Eats The Legs.
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Even As Babies The Large Head Plate Scales Of A
King Cobra Are Pretty Obvious
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King Cobra Ready To Strike
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King Cobra The Worlds Largest Venomous Snake
Reaching Lengths Of 5 mtr.
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Spitting Cobra Prepares To Spit Jets Of Venom At
The Intruders Eyes
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Spitting Cobra Fires Jets Of Venom
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The Spitting Cobra Also Shows The Typical Threat
Display
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Olive Sea Snake Extremely Venomous But Fairly
Placid.
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Philippine Cobra Showing Typical Buff Colouration.
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Strict Rules Whilst Sparring No Biting !
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Baby King Cobra As Lethal As its Parents
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The Worlds Smallest Snake Dines On Ant Termite
Larvae
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Thread Snake Eating
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Thread Snake Swallows Ant Larvae
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Rival Male King Cobras Do Battle