Snake/Eel ID needed
- Thread starter Eclipse
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I can go either way. a couple ways to tell:
1. let it bit you and if you die then it was a snake (not recommended). sea snakes are very poisonous... from what i have seen and heard.
2. all reptiles shed their skin. if it sheds and you find the skin then it is a snake.
1. let it bit you and if you die then it was a snake (not recommended). sea snakes are very poisonous... from what i have seen and heard.
2. all reptiles shed their skin. if it sheds and you find the skin then it is a snake.
it is not a sea snake, it is some sort of moray, as for it coming up for air, morays do this in the home aquraia. I had a purple mouth that did that all the time. he was mostly looking for food. i would say that the chances of you getting sea snake is highly unlikely. considering that mosts zoos and aquariums have problems keeping them. i would say that it is a moray but not one that is normally considered for pets.
IT IS NOT A SNAKE! Every part of the body is totally wrong. Okay, lack of limbs does not instantly mean its a snake. Its some sort of eel, and there is a eel-like fish I remember called a Gunnel I beleive that looks rather like that.
IT IS NOT A SNAKE.
IT IS NOT A SNAKE.
Well, my best guess is that it is one of moringuidae (worm and spaghetti eels) as the length to thickness ratio is about right. Which species? That I couldn't tell you but maybe either the java (Moringua javanica) or the Bengal (M. arundinacea).
it's defn not a gunnel. i'm assuming you mean those "blenny-eels". i think it looks more eel than snake. but i'm not going to assert anything, as i really don't know what it is.
