GENERAL CLASIFICATION OF SNAKE

Family Acrochordidae Family Aniliidae Family Anomochilidae Family

Atractaspididae Subfamily Boinae Gray, Boas.Snake Species
With more then 3,000 species of snakes in the world there is plenty to learn about them. Even
though they all have many unique characteristics about them, there are quite a few similarities.
King Cobra The longest venomous snake in the world is the King Cobra. This is a snake that
has many people worried because of the way they look and the size of them. American
Copperhead The American Copperhead is one of the snakes in the world that creates venom.
They are often called just the Copperhead for short. In some locations they are referred to as
the Moccasin Snake. Black Mamba The Black Mamba is considered to be the longest of all
snakes found around Africa. It is also considered to be one of the deadliest. Snakes are the
kind of reptile that have no legs but has long body. Based on its kind,
they belong to Squamata group (scaly reptiles). They are the most
adaptable animals with the environment. Almost all over the world
such as in the mountains, forests, deserts, plains, farms, neighborhoods,
till the sea, they can be found. However, in the colder place, they will
increasingly rare. It is because they are cold-blooded animals. These
types of animal require warmth of the sun to set their body temperature.
That is why they could not be found in Polar Regions both South Pole
and the North Pole.

The habitat of them is so various. Most of snake lives on the ground,

under rocks, shrubs, even some of them spend all his life on the tree
without ever stepping on the ground even once. While others live in
aquatic or semi aquatic habitat, such as in rivers, swamps, lakes, and
sea. These animals have a variety of ways to protect themselves. Some
snake can protect themselves with deadly poison like a Rattle Snake,
Cobra, and Sea Snake. Even King Cobra can kill without biting but they
can shoot the poison directly to their enemies eye. Snakes like
Anaconda and python protect themselves with the power of windings.
They will be wrapped around the prey or enemy very hard. Their

winding will make their enemy and prey die even till their bones
crushed.
 Snakes are carnivorous animal. They eat the prey without chewing.
The elastic jaws enable them to swallow their prey while its teeth are
not for chewing but as a barrier to prevent its prey to escape. They eats
various types of animals that are smaller than its body such as fish,
frogs, tadpoles, birds, mammals, and other small snakes. Even, there
are some snakes eat larger animal than their body such as pythons and
anacondas which can eat goats, deer, elk, and even humans.

Most types of snake reproduce by spawning. They can produce so

much eggs even can reach hundreds of eggs. They usually lay their eggs
in holes on the ground, cave, in the hole of weathered wood, or under
a pile of dead leaves. There are several types of snakes known incubate
their eggs until hatching like pythons. But some snakes are known to
bear their children called as Ovoviviparous snake such as Kadut Snake,
Pucuk Snake and Sea Snake.

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