Aodaishou is a Japanese rat snake.

Aodaishou means blue king. Japanese rat snake live near man's house because of rats and mice.

I caught he or she in my garden.



 
















My youngest son is about 100cm tall.

Big Japanese Rat snake !

2 years ago I caught a big japanese rat snake we called Aodaishou in front of my neighbors house.

More than 1.8m maybe. Children touch the snake and they are very surprised its silky skin.

 

mamushi pit-viper

we have some kinds of venomous snakes in japan, but only 2 species of poisoners in Honshu,main island.

one is yamakagashi (Rhabdophis tigrinus), tiger keelback.

the other one is mamushi (Gloydius blomhoffii), japanese copperhead, it's very popular and famous poisonous snake in japan.

it looks short, small, and have unique pattern.

volume of poison is a little, but strong. 

mamushi pit-viper

beautiful snake.

i cought a young mamushi on road in front of my house and released soon after that.

'cause it is illegal to keep poisonus snakes in japan.

winter has come, snakes going into hibernation