unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
sea snake; worm eel (Ophichthidae spp.); snake eel
false strawberry (Duchesnea chrysantha); mock strawberry
albino Japanese rat snake
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one; it takes a thief to catch a thief
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one; it takes a thief to catch a thief
lacertid (any lizard of family Lacertidae, esp. the Japanese grass lizard, Takydromus tachydromoides)
Japanese four-lined ratsnake (Elaphe quadrivirgata); Japanese striped snake
viper (esp. a pitless viper)
dobsonfly (esp. species Protohermes grandis)
albino Japanese rat snake
black Japanese striped snake (Elaphe quadrivirgata); Japanese black ratsnake
venomous snake; poisonous snake
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one; it takes a thief to catch a thief
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one; it takes a thief to catch a thief
state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering; dragging out tortuously; (lit.) half-killing a snake
Serpens (constellation); the Snake
blind snake (esp. the Brahminy blind snake, Ramphotyphlops braminus); worm snake; fools rush in
blind snake (esp. the Brahminy blind snake, Ramphotyphlops braminus); worm snake; fools rush in
sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)
king snake (any snake of genus Lampropeltis)
milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum)
krait (esp. the Taiwanese banded krait, Bungarus multicinctus)
Enneapterygius etheostomus (species of threefin blenny)
Japanese odd-scaled snake (Achalinus spinalis); Peters' odd-scaled snake; grey burrowing snake
snake gourd (Trichosanthes cucumerina)
spectacled cobra; Indian cobra; Asian cobra (Naja naja)
caecilian (any burrowing legless amphibian of the order Gymnophiona)
Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)