Dead Snake Id

[Soma Jha]

Seen in Jeypur Forest, Assam last week. The snake was two feet long.

thanks

Soma Jha

[Shantanu]

very sad.......looking like some Shield-tail snake....but not sure

Shantanu.

[swapnil pawar]

Look like spot tailed kukri snake . Oligodon dorsilis

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[Soma Jha]

dear swapnil,

can you please id these unfortunate road kills that i saw near chennai?

thanks

soma

[swapnil pawar]

Hi ,
Its Rat snake

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[Soma Jha]

thank you.

male-female ?

[swapnil pawar]

Its difficult to say without specimen in hand

[humaid shaikh]

Close up of the heads would have helped.

[Melvin Selvan]

They are Rat snakes (Ptyas mucosa)..

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[Soma Jha]

thank you, melvin. the right one's pattern certainly matches perfectly with the common rat snake but what about the snake on the left? Is there a difference in pattern of male and female rat snakes?

I am also attaching 2 close shots of the head as suggested by Humaid.

[humaid shaikh]

Rat Snakes for sure. Can conform from the black markings on the mouth.

[humaid shaikh]

they could be 2 males locked in a combat dance.

[Soma Jha]

thanks so much.

On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 6:15 PM, humaid shaikh <humaid....@gmail.com> wrote:

[Deepika Devi]

its rat snake .horrible to see them died .

[tanu]

Hi,

Right hand side rat snake is male and left side rat snake is female, based on size and tail pattern. 

Regards,

Tanmay Deshpande

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