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Snakes of Central America (147 P) U. ... Pages in category "Snakes of North America" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 252 total.
This is a checklist of American reptiles found in Northern America, based primarily on publications by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). [1] [2] [3] It includes all species of Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States including recently introduced species such as chameleons, the Nile monitor, and the Burmese python.
The Timber rattlesnake, (Crotalus horridus), [192] is a species of venomous pit viper endemic to eastern North America. This is the only rattlesnake species in most of the populous northeastern United States and is second only to its cousins to the west, the prairie rattlesnake, as the most northerly distributed venomous snake in North America.
Coral snakes are the only North American snakes in the cobra family. Their venom, generally referred to as neurotoxic venom, is different from that of most other U.S. snakes. It affects the ...
The eastern racer, or North American racer (Coluber constrictor), is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to North America and Central America. Eleven subspecies , including the nominotypical subspecies , are recognized, which as a group are commonly referred to as the eastern racers.
Family Colubridae (colubrid snakes) Southern hog-nosed snake (Heterodon simus) ... List of North American reptiles; List of North American amphibians; References
The hatching of the 107th tiny, wriggling snake at a Tennessee zoo marks the end of another year of efforts to save one of North America’s rarest snakes from extinction.
The common watersnake is found throughout eastern and central North America, from southern Ontario and southern Quebec in the north, to Texas and Florida in the south. The northern watersnake ( Nerodia s. sipedon ) naturally occurs as far west as Colorado , east of the Rocky Mountains , and is commonly found in riparian ecosystems along river ...