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NATURE & GASTRONOMY

Red-necked Keelback (juvenile)

An immature Red-necked Keelback, spotted on the Marble Mountain of Water, in Da Nang (fig.).

Like adults (fig.), it has big, black eyes, with underneath them a tear-like, black spot on a whitish patch.

Red-necked Keelback (juvenile)

Whereas adults have an olive-greenish hue with yellow and red regions in the vicinity of the neck and throat, juveniles have a grey head with a black spot at the neck and, though the yellow and red colouring behind the neck is much brighter than with adults, their body colour is overall paler and rather greyish-green.

VENOMOUS! This snake carries an intense hematoxic venom that contains procoagulants, anticoagulants and haemorrhagins, and its bite may be fatal! Its bite may cause local pain, swelling, coagulopathy and haemorrhage, with dizziness, collapse or convulsions. All cases should be treated as urgent and potentially lethal. Antivenom Code: SAsJSI01