Right across my cycling path in the middle of the road was this snake. Is this an Aodaisho, a Japanese Rate Snake? If so, then it is not venomous but it still gave me a fright as I almost cycled over it.

Right across my cycling path in the middle of the road was this snake. Is this an Aodaisho, a Japanese Rate Snake? If so, then it is not venomous but it still gave me a fright as I almost cycled over it.