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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.
105 species of lizards, in 35 genera from 9 families, are now known from Borneo. The reticulated python is the largest python in the world, and the longest snake in the world. This reptile can have a size of 6 metres (20 ft) or more. The longer snakes have a size of 10 metres (33 ft).
This is a list of the scientific names of extant snakes. It includes 517 genera and 3,738 species: [1] Acanthophis ... List of snakes by scientific name.
The new species, described in the journal Diversity, diverged from the previously known southern green anaconda about 10 million years ago, differing genetically from it by 5.5 per cent.
A video shared online shows the scale of these 20-foot-long (6.1-meter-long) reptiles as one of the researchers, Dutch biologist Freek Vonk, swims alongside a giant 200-kilo (441-pound) specimen.
Scientists working in the Amazon rainforest have discovered a new species of snake, rumored to be the biggest in the world. Gigantic new snake species discovered in Amazon rainforest Skip to main ...
Bourret's cat snake (Boiga bourreti) Banded green cat snake (Boiga saengsomi) Sichuan rat snake (Euprepiophis perlacea) Ficimia hardyi; Cyprus whip snake (Hierophis cypriensis) Sulu short-headed snake (Oligodon meyerinkii) Oxybelis wilsoni; Louisiana pinesnake (Pituophis ruthveni) Yellow-lined centipede snake (Tantilla flavilineata)
The western green mamba is a shy and agile snake that lives mainly in the coastal tropical rainforest, thicket, and woodland regions of western Africa. Its venom is a highly potent mixture of rapid-acting presynaptic and postsynaptic neurotoxins (dendrotoxins), cardiotoxins and fasciculins. Some consider this species not to be a particularly ...