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Rat snakes are members – along with kingsnakes, milk snakes, vine snakes and indigo snakes – of the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. They...

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

appear to be pink as well as white. For many decades before "pink elephant" became the standard drunken hallucination, people were known to "see snakes" or...

Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a dystopian action-adventure novel written by the American author Suzanne Collins. It is a prequel to the original The Hunger...

coral snake), milk snake, corn snakes, rattlesnakes, and mangrove snakes. The scarlet kingsnake and Pueblan milk snake stood in for coral snakes, while...

species; however other snakes may also cause significant problems in this area of the world. While several species of snakes may cause more bodily destruction...

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...

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...

Parseltongue, a language used to communicate with snakes in the Harry Potter universe Shoshoni language of North America; see Sacagawea § Lewis and Clark...

Sea snakes, or coral reef snakes, are elapid snakes that inhabit marine environments for most or all of their lives. They belong to two subfamilies, Hydrophiinae...

for biting and tearing flesh. In snakes, it is a specialized tooth that is associated with a venom gland (see snake venom). Spiders also have external...

Some milk snakes have a striking resemblance to coral snakes, in Batesian mimicry, which likely scares away potential predators. Both milk snakes and coral...

Coral snakes are a large group of elapid snakes that can be divided into two distinct groups, the Old World coral snakes and New World coral snakes. There...

Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 in India banning ownership of snakes. In retaliation, snake charmers have organized in recent years, protesting the loss...

counter-revolutionary movement. In the prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2020), he is an ambitious, intelligent and charismatic 18-year-old. He...

had snakes outnumbering ladders, the English counterpart was more forgiving as it contained equal numbers of each. The association of Britain's snakes and...

of the kingsnake include gopher snakes, corn snakes, bullsnakes, garter snakes, rosy boa, water snakes, and brown snakes. Kingsnakes also eat many species...

150 g (5.3 oz). The common garter snake is the state reptile of Massachusetts. Common garter snakes are thin snakes. Few grow over about 4 ft (1.2 m)...

monograph of the colubrid snakes of the genus Elaphe Fitzinger. Koeltz Scientific Books. 439 pp. Sharma RC (2003). Handbook: Indian Snakes. Kolkata: Zoological...

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...