I would say the Javanese Dragon Snake is pretty damn metal

I'm sorry I didn't realize that your comment was meant to be a conversation starter. I suppose your rethorical cliff hanger hints towards the snake's dorsal scales (or isit its name?!).

But no, I don't think that dragon stories come from this snakes dorsal scales. If with "dragon stories" you meant "depictions of dragons" then this is a splendid observation. I can only guess whether you might be refering to the dragon depictions of medieval central europe or to south east asian medieval depictions of, what we call, dragons (I guess you mean the european dragon stereotype), but I can think of some other animals that might have been inspirational for the images of these fable creatures. Like crocodiles, any other snake, whales, lizards...let's have a conversation here.

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