Guess what kind of Reptile

[guppy]

Nope and Nope, wide spread in South America but named after an Island in Asia. I don't know why, lol.

 

[guppy]

Okay, no one got that one so I will tell you what it is, that is the Formosa false coral snake (Oxyrhopus formosus)

The next one is an oddball, it carries a very potent hemolytic toxin that acts strongly on the heart. It is unusual in that it can bite with it's mouth closed and it's fangs project more sideways than down.

 

[guppy]

I hope I did not kill this thread.

 

[USMCtanker]

i could sear i have seen one of those in iraq , but prob not

 

[guppy]

Although not as common in Iraq as farther south either this species or a very closely related on can be found in Iraq. Usually in newly disturbed soil.

 

[USMCtanker]

cool how do u know so much anyway. i almost got bitten by it bc it was in my sleeping bag

 

[guppy]

This one was listed in a US Airborne Survival Handbook for Sudan.

 

[USMCtanker]

This one was listed in a US Airborne Survival Handbook for Sudan.

well then when i get home ill haftto look it up in my suvival book. its prob in there

 

[lil_blue]

what a weird snake...

 

[guppy]

Feeds mainly on other snakes and legless lizards.