Snakes cause conflicting peopleemotions. Some panicked fear and freeze from fear at the sight of any snake, others admire their grace and perfection and seek to look closer. What to expect if on your way suddenly met a yellow snake? Are they poisonous and aggressive? Answers to these questions will help acquaintance with information about the most common types of snakes yellow color.
Popular and harmless
If you meet a yellow snake, andmore precisely, the reptile with the characteristic marks of this color on the head, then, most likely, it is ordinary in front of you. Snakes of this species are the most common, they can be found anywhere in the world. Variations of their colors and sizes may differ slightly, but in general, the snake can be easily identified, knowing its main external characteristics:
- The snakes have a uniform color of the back. from dark green to greenish gray.
- The head is not too wide, it moves smoothly out of the body, without noticeable expansion.
- It is a snake with yellow spots on the head, which are located on its sides. Slightly less often they may be white or beige.
- The size of ordinary snakes varies from 50 to 80 centimeters in length, the diameter does not exceed 5 centimeters.
Named reptile chooses a humid climatewith plenty of stones, stumps or branches for the ability to hide. Therefore, the greatest chance of meeting these snakes is on the banks of ponds and forest lakes. Also, these snakes swim very well, so if you encounter a snake when swimming in a pond, do not panic, most likely this is true. He is not aggressive, can bite a person only for the purpose of self-defense, and his bite is absolutely harmless and shallow.
Yellow belly and slim body
Going to travel to the steppe area withdry climate, as well as in the mountains, you need to know the features of such a snake, as yellow-bellied snake. These snakes are very large, an average of 2 meters in length. The diameter of their bodies is small, not more than 7 centimeters, due to this effect, the snake always remains a “slim” snake.
The snake is a yellow snake, which is very differentaggressive temper. If she feels in danger at the sight of a person, she can strike a warning blow and attack first. She moves extremely fast, sharply and actively. In a fit of attack, it can even jump to a rather high altitude to bite the victim in an unprotected place.
To distinguish the snake is easy:in addition to the characterly slim body, it is distinguished by the color that caused the name. The back of the snake can be gray-green or dark olive-green, but the belly is always in yellow shades.
Having met a yellow-bellied snake in its path, one should not make sudden movements and gradually move away from the snake in order not to provoke an attack of its aggression.
Conditionally poisonous beauty
Сейчас большинство наших соотечественников prefers to spend holidays in warm tropical lands. On the territory of such popular for holidaymakers countries as Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and the Philippines, there is a yellow-headed snake - mangrove.
Snakes of this species belong to the family of aperile, but have a number of significant differences from the harmless snakes known to us.
Mangrove snake has a rather large size:can reach two and a half meters in length and 6 - 8 centimeters in diameter. Her head, like that of the grass, does not stand out too much against the background of the body. The color of the back is dark green, almost black, but the lower part of the head is colored bright yellow. Yellow stripes go all over the stomach, gradually decreasing towards the tail.
Mangrove snake is considered conditionally poisonous.This means that its bite can have a toxic effect on a person, manifested by fever, swelling, painful sensations, but does not carry mortal danger. This species of snake is not aggressive, but is quite capable of biting for the purpose of protection. In the daytime, mangrove snakes rest on the branches of trees, where they crawl with ease. Therefore, traveling through the rainforests, you need to be extremely attentive.
Yellow and black danger
The most dangerous for humans is a yellow snake called Krayt. She lives in India, Thailand, in southern Asia. You can distinguish a kite snake by the following features:
- small size - an average of one and a half meters in length;
- bright color of yellow and black stripes;
- laterally compressed body resembling a triangle in cross section;
- distinct head, slightly wider than the body.
Snake Krayt is nocturnal - at this timeshe is very active and quite aggressive. During the day, the snake rests and shows no signs of hostility, even if the person approaches a short distance.
The bite of such a beauty almost always leads tofatal, even serum injected in time does not significantly increase the chances of survival. Despite the quiet behavior of this snake in the daytime, having met her, you should not risk and try to look closer. It is best to move away without making any sudden movements. And in the evening it is necessary to exercise extreme caution and carefully examine the place of walking and overnight on the subject of snakes.
Snakes can cause different emotions:you can love them, and you can be afraid. But in any case, you need to know the basic signs of venomous and dangerous reptiles in order to behave properly in a chance meeting.
