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裸蛇

はだかへび
caecilian (any burrowing legless amphibian of the order Gymnophiona)
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キング蛇

キングへび、キングヘビ
king snake (any snake of genus Lampropeltis)
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網目錦蛇

あみめにしきへび、アミメニシキヘビ
reticulated python (Python reticulatus)
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盲蛇に怖じず

exp
めくらへびにおじず
fools rush in where angels fear to tread
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盲蛇

めくらへび、メクラヘビ
blind snake (esp. the Brahminy blind snake, Ramphotyphlops braminus); worm snake; fools rush in
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八岐大蛇

やまたのおろち
eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)
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雨傘蛇

あまがさへび、アマガサヘビ
krait (esp. the Taiwanese banded krait, Bungarus multicinctus)
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蛇の生殺し

exp
へびのなまごろし
state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering; dragging out tortuously; half-killing a snake
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蛇に噛まれて朽ち縄に怖じる

蛇に咬まれて朽ち縄に怖じる、蛇に噛まれて朽縄に怖じる、蛇に噛まれて朽縄におじる、蛇にかまれて朽縄におじる
exp
へびにかまれてくちなわにおじる
once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)
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蛇行運転

だこううんてん
erratic driving; driving in a zigzag