Possible Clues:

• Tropical non-venomous snake
• Japanese drama character mostly recalled as a crawler
• No, the P can be made into a wraparound
• Boa you wouldn't want around your neck!
• Jungle menace
• Slithery sort outwardly pretty though overblown
• Wild pony consuming the tailless ophidian
• Slithering constrictor
• Horribly hard time with pony and serpent
• Heavy non-venomous snake