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Did You Know: 5 Variant Types of Snakes in Indonesia

Holiday Ayo - Snakes become one of the types of reptiles that live around Indonesian regions.

They are spread in most Indonesian regions, which you can find as the venomous and non-venomous types.

As a tropical country, Indonesia becomes the perfect land for snakes living. Not only you can easily find them at the low land, forest, mountains, and even near the area of the houses.

As cited from FactofIndonesia, speaking of snakes that live in Indonesia, here we have some of the variant types of snakes in Indonesia that come with the venomous and non-venomous types. Let’s check them out below!

1. Banded Krait
The banded krait snake, which Indonesian local people commonly call the Weling snake is one of the types of snakes in Indonesia that is capable of paralyzing the prey. They are so dangerous, so you should be careful around their existence.
The venomous type on banded krait snake commonly causes nausea, dizziness, vomiting, and paralyzing the area that was bitten by them. Most of them commonly live around the rice field, forests, and even rivers.
Banded krait can be easily known from their form within the combination color of black and yellow bands. The color is so bold that yet you can easily guess them right. They eat some mice at the rice field that’s perfectly useful for the farmer.

2. Banded Sea Krait
Banded sea krait becomes one of the types of snakes in Indonesia that live around the Indonesian seashore. They sometimes appear at some beaches in Indonesia that become the most crowded tourist spots.
Banded sea krait is similar to the type of banded krait snakes, which have a venomous type that is dangerous for humans. People will get easily get some fatigue and even paralyzed in the area that is poisoned by them.

3. Black Spitting Cobra
Black spitting cobra becomes one of the types of snakes in Indonesia that is venomously dangerous for humans and other living. The spitting is capable to reach around 2.4 meters towards their prey.
Once the human gets infected by the black spitting cobra they should go to the hospitals immediately. The spite of the snake is capable to attack the neuron system that could be dangerous for humans.
Black spitting commonly lives around the rice field at the low land such as at the cities with the hottest temperature in Indonesia. Some of them even found out around the urban living that bring Indonesian more aware about their existence.

4. Oriental Whip Snake
Oriental whip snake becomes one of the types of snakes that live in Indonesia. Indonesian local people commonly called them the Gadung snake, which has a type of low venomous snake.
Oriental whip snake has a neon green color that commonly lives around the tree. Their color is so beautiful, which makes you want to catch them. Even they are categorized as low venomous snakes, their bite can cause some pain and serious bleeding.
Oriental whip snakes commonly live around the forest, rice field, or area that contains trees even at some of the camping spots in Indonesia. They eat mice, lizards, frogs, and even baby birds.

5. Sanca Batik
Sanca Batik becomes of the types of snakes in Indonesia that are dangerous for humans. They don’t have some poisons inside but they are capable to break your body up to the bone once you get wrapped by them.
Sanca Batik has a dark color with a combination of black and light brown that is similar to the Indonesian Batik. They become one family from the Python snake, which is popular with their dangerous type. Once they wrapped their prey, it could be difficult to get out of their trapped.

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