'Furry Green Snake' Found In A Swamp In Thailand Surprises Locals

A video of an unusual-looking 'furry green snake' has been doing the rounds. This mysterious reptile was spotted in a swamp in Thailand.

In the said video, the two-foot-long creature is seen moving inside a vessel. Interestingly, its fur aligns with the zig-zag movement.

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According to reports, this snake was spotted in Thailand's Sakhon Nakhon by a 49-year-old local named Tu. However, the date, exact location, and authenticity of the clip have not been verified yet.

"I have never seen a snake that looked like this before. My family and I thought it would be useful to let people find out what it is and research about it," Tu's 30-year-old niece was quoted as saying by Yahoo News.

The creature has been kept in Tu's house and awaiting identification by authorities.

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As per The Science Times, locals put forth the idea that the furry snake could be a puff-faced water snake. For long, it would have waited to catch its prey in shallow and rocky crevices, leading to moss growing on its body.

¡°The scales are on top of the skin and mostly made of keratin. It¡¯s like having a layer on top of the skin and when they shed they¡¯re shedding the outside of those scales,¡± Sam Chatfield, snake species coordinator at Wildlife ARC on the NSW Central Coast, was quoted as saying by Yahoo News Australia.

¡±Next time it sheds it (the algae layer) will come off,¡± Chatfield added.

Puff-faced water snake is also called masked water snake. They are a species of mildly venomous snake in the Homalopsidae family found in tropical areas of Southeast Asia.

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