This is a Common Krait. They are very poisonous. Neither of the ones I found were anywhere this big. The one in the bathroom was maybe 8" to 10" long and had just shed its skin. I promptly whacked it with my dustpan brush and threw it out. Last night's one was about 6" long and not as thick and was found and killed by the cat. Luckily it was very small and did not have fangs or a mouth big enough to do damage to the cat. It got thrown out as well.
We also found a tiny brown snake on the veranda yesterday while we were cleaning. It was hiding behind one of the cabinets. It was too small to tell what it was. Veenitha wanted to just sweep it outside, but I did not want it to grow up into something dangerous, so it too went to snake Nirvana.
The rain must be driving the snakes inside. Need to keep an eye out as most of them are poisonous.
Interestingly, there was a Bo (Bodhi) sapling growing out of the wall outside my bathroom. I told Veenitha to pull it out before she swept there and she wouldn't do it. Of course, the Bo is sacred to Buddhists as the Buddha is said to have meditated under a Bo tree and there gained enlightenment. In fact, there is not a mature Bo that has not been made into a shrine. Needless to say, I had no qualms as they grow very large and would quickly destroy the house. So out it came.
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