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