Rat Snakes

Rat snakes are a diverse and colourful group of serpents in Malaysia. Most rat snakes are terrestial in nature, but some retain semi-arboreal tendencies; a few are almost completely arboreal. Although called 'rat snakes', the term is really misleading as some species do not primarily hunt rodents. Most species will take lizards and frogs in the wild, sometimes birds and small mammals. Different species can be nocturnal or diurnal, sometimes even both or crepuscular.