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Sunbeam snakes: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor) Scolecophidia 3 families Family Common Names Example Species Example Photo Anomalepidae Taylor, 1939: Dawn blind snakes: Dawn blind snake (Liotyphlops beui) Leptotyphlopidae Stejneger, 1892: Slender blind snakes: Texas blind snake (Leptotyphlops dulcis) Typhlopidae Merrem, 1820: Blind snakes
Dubois' sea snake (Aipysurus duboisii) Brown snakes (Pseudonaja), including the eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis) Death adders (Acanthophis spp.) Kraits (Bungarus spp.), including the common krait (Bungarus caeruleus) Mambas (Dendroaspis spp.), including the black mamba (D. polylepis) Taipans (Oxyuranus) Tiger snakes (Notechis spp ...
Ophiophagy (Greek: ὄφις + φαγία, lit. ' snake eating ') is a specialized form of feeding or alimentary behavior of animals which hunt and eat snakes.There are ophiophagous mammals (such as the skunks and the mongooses), birds (such as snake eagles, the secretarybird, and some hawks), lizards (such as the common collared lizard), and even other snakes, such as the Central and South ...
This is a list of extant snakes, given by their common names. Note that the snakes are grouped by name, and in some cases the grouping may have no scientific basis. Contents:
Jameson's mamba (Dendroaspis jamesoni) is a species of highly venomous snake in the family Elapidae.The species is native to equatorial Africa.A member of the mamba genus, Dendroaspis, it is slender with dull green upper parts and cream underparts and generally ranges from 1.5 to 2.2 m (4.9 to 7.2 ft) in total length.
The average length of a copperhead is from 2-3 feet, and they can live up to around 18 years. Copperheads eat mostly mice and are also known to eat birds, lizards, small snakes, amphibians and ...
Spiders could, theoretically, eat every single human on earth within one year. It gets worse. Those humans consume about 400 million tons of meat and fish each year, so ultimately, the tiny ...
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 and Laticaudinae . Hydrophiinae also includes Australasian terrestrial snakes, whereas Laticaudinae only includes the sea kraits ( Laticauda ), of which three species are found ...