#keelback

[herpsandbirds]

Taiwan Tiger Keelback (Rhabdophis tigrinus formosanus), family Colubridae, Taiwan

Mildly to moderately venomous.

Venom is excreted into the saliva, and enters the prey through the bite wound. Keelbacks do not have fangs.

This species is also poisonous! They sequester toxins from the toads they prey on.

Some herpetologists consider this to be a distinct species, R. formosanus.

photographs by Jesse Goodyear 

[miyrumiyru]

Cute baby keelback snake 🐍❤️

유혈목이 (Rhabdophis lateralis)

[japan-minka]

Tiger Keelback

On the minka lawn, looking for warmth for its pre-loaded venom.

[thebeastsofindia]

Buff Striped Keelback (Amphiesma stolatum), family Colubridae, suborder Serpentes, order Squamata, Karnataka, India

Photo by Akshay Bhandari

[pixylmawthz]

Krait'Snap mini comic #1: page 15

[billionneuronscurious]

Buff Striped Keelback.

[nuderefsarebest]

Rhabdophis keelback snakes are both venomous and poisonous – their poisons are stored in nuchal glands and are acquired by sequestering toxins from poisonous toads the snakes eat.

That is super cool... that means that these snakes eat poisonous toads, and then incorporate that poison into the skin at the bright yellow-orange patches on their necks.

[phyto-telma]

Breeding Season of tree frogs, Rhacophorus viridis viridis.

They’ll never-ever imagine of the romantic Valentine stuffs among humans, sorounded by their voracious predators like pit vipers (Ovophis okinavensis), keelbacks (Hebius pryeri), or notorious egg-thieves like fire belly newts (Cynops ensicauda popei). You know, these animal species have no intention to bother the love and the game of compasion, just a natural providence. 

Well in short, Mother Nature is harsh.