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Snakes are elongated, limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes (/sɜːrˈpɛntiːz/). Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates...

constriction. Grass snakes are strong swimmers and may be found close to fresh water, although there is evidence individual snakes often do not need bodies...

The largest living snakes in the world, measured either by length or by weight, are various members of the Boidae and Pythonidae families. They include...

northern Mexico Leioheterodon, the hognose snakes native to Madagascar Lystrophis, the South American hognose snakes. The North American Heterodon species...

Garter snake is the common name for small to medium-sized snakes belonging to the genus Thamnophis in the family Colubridae. Native to North and Central...

tiger snake (Notechis scutatus) is a large and highly venomous snake of southern Australia, including its coastal islands and Tasmania. These snakes are...

971 known snake species with around 600 venomous species in the world, and about 200 are able to kill a human. This is an overview of the snakes that pose...

Deadliest Snakes / Inland Taipan "in Deadliest Snakes, Brady approaches seven of the world's most dangerous and venomous snakes to determine which snake is the...

live snakes were handled, and at the end of the dance the snakes were released into the fields to guarantee good crops. "The snake dance is a prayer to the...

movement than other snakes. Along a horizontal plane, eye movement can be maintained even if the head is rotated up or down to an angle of up to 45°. If the head...

water. Barred grass snakes also inhabit gardens and parks in their native range, as well as dry grasslands. Barred grass snakes, as with most reptiles...

March 2015. Visser, J; Chapman, D. S. (1978). Snakes and Snakebite: Venomous snakes and management of snake bite in Southern Africa. Purnell. p. 52....

non-venomous snakes, such as American hognose snakes or European grass snake, play dead when in danger; some, including the grass snake, exude a foul-smelling...

Australia. The snakes on Guam represent the only documented reproductive population outside the native range. Since January 2016, however, four snakes have been...

Members of the genus are commonly known as hognose snakes, hog-nosed snakes, North American hog-nosed snakes, and colloquially puff adders (though they should...

of snakes. It is sometimes called by the more general term herpetophobia, fear of reptiles. The word comes from the Greek words "ophis" (ὄφις), snake, and...

raising some 3 million snakes a year. Live snakes are supplied to specialty restaurants; dried or preserved in alcohol, they are sold to manufacturers of traditional...

can slightly earlier. Red-bellied black snakes can live up to 25 years. The diet of red-bellied black snakes primarily consists of frogs, but they also...

stressed snakes are more likely to strike. This action comes as a predator defense mechanism. Snakes with elevated hormone levels are more likely to strike...

These snakes live in Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, southwestern Colorado, northwestern New Mexico, and northwestern Mexico. These snakes thrive...