Guess your best

[Viperkeeper]

Some not so common snakes in private collections. Can you identify them.

Some un-common snakes seen in the USA...guess what they are...
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[SiUK]

4 looks like Natrix natrix?
5 Acanthophis woolf queensland death adder?

6 is african right, but the species escapes me, its on the tip of my tounge though

7 Porthidium nasutus

if I got one right il be happy, they are pretty random guesses

[Viperkeeper]

Originally Posted by SiUK

4 looks like Natrix natrix?
5 Acanthophis woolf queensland death adder?

6 is african right, but the species escapes me, its on the tip of my tounge though

7 Porthidium nasutus

if I got one right il be happy, they are pretty random guesses

That would be one bad ass Naxtrix if it was..
5 you have the Genus correct...

Nothing from Africa

[Viperkeeper]

Ooop's I forgot one:

8

[Rikki]

8 is Notechis sp.? And is 7 Hypnale sp.?

[Viperkeeper]

Originally Posted by Rikki

8 is Notechis sp.? And is 7 Hypnale sp.?

8 correct, a western Aus, species of Tiger Snake.

7 No not Hypnale, very good try though.

[SiUK]

is the first snake Naja samarensis?

is 7 Ovophis species?

[Viperkeeper]

Originally Posted by SiUK

is the first snake Naja samarensis?

is 7 Ovophis species?

1 is Correct, One of 7 specimens of the Samar Cobra in the USA

7 is NOT Ovophis

[Azemiops]

2. Coastal Taipan, Oxyuranus s. scutellatus

3. King Brown, Pseudechis australis

6. Coral Cobra, Aspidelaps lubricus

7. Trimeresurus borneensis hatchling

Edit: Changing my number 7 guess to a hatchling Calloselsma rhodastoma after seeing the bright yellow tail.....

[Viperkeeper]

Originally Posted by Azemiops

2. Coastal Taipan, Oxyuranus s. scutellatus

3. King Brown, Pseudechis australis

6. Coral Cobra, Aspidelaps lubricus

7. Trimeresurus borneensis hatchling

Edit: Changing my number 7 guess to a hatchling Calloselsma rhodastoma after seeing the bright yellow tail.....

2 is a Coastal Taipan
3 is a King Brown
6 is a Coral Cobra
7 is wrong both guesses