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At that time, it becomes cloudy and is visible as a cover over the eye. When the snake moults, the brille is also shed, generally inside out, as part of its skin. The brilles protect their eyes from dust and dirt and give them a "glassy-eyed" blank appearance. [2] Snakes, flap-footed lizards, night lizards, and some skinks have brilles.
Species in the family Anomalepididae are small snakes, in total length (including tail) usually less than 30 cm (12 in), with blunt heads and short, blunt tails. They are mainly burrowing snakes, and due to their life style their eyes are vestigial.
Category: Snake common names. 1 language. ... (vernacular) name shared by multiple species of snakes which do not correspond to a taxon.
The Northern cat eye is oviparous and produces clutches of 6–13 eggs. As in other snake species delayed egg fertilisation can occur (fertile eggs can be laid up to several years after copulation). Developing snakes are nourished by a yolk sac for 79 to 90 days at which time they break through the outer shell using an egg tooth. [7]
• The reticulated python is the longest extant snake. The silhouette is scaled to 6.95 metres (22.8 ft) which is the length of a reliably measured wild reticulated python. [6] A captive reticulated python named "Medusa" is reported to measure 7.67 metres (25.2 ft). [7] There are reports of ~10 metres (33 ft) specimens but these are questionable.
Draconcopedes (snake-feet) – "Snake-feet are large and powerful serpents, with faces very like those of human maidens and necks ending in serpent bodies" as described by Vincent of Beauvais. [7] Gajamina – A creature with the head of an elephant and body of a fish. Merlion – A creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish.
The word dugite is an anglicisation of names for the snake in some dialects of the Nyungar language, including dukayj and dukitj. [2] However, another, probably cognate name, dobitj , has become the common name for dugites in Nyungar (a potential source of confusion, as dobitj is also used in some dialects to refer to other kinds of venomous ...