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It has a fairly stocky build for an elapid, and adult snakes are uniformly light to medium brown, while the juveniles tend to be a darker brown in color. [4] They have 23-27 scale rows around the neck and 21 just above the middle part of the body; 182-193 ventrals, 36-49 subcaudals, and basal pairs are sometimes undivided.
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:
The king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) is a species complex of snakes endemic to Asia. With an average of 3.18 to 4 m (10.4 to 13.1 ft) and a record length of 5.85 m (19.2 ft), [ 2 ] it is the world's longest venomous snake and among the heaviest.
A new snake species, the northern green anaconda, sits on a riverbank in the Amazon's Orinoco basin. “The size of these magnificent creatures was incredible," Fry said in a news release earlier ...
Original description : A size comparison of four different snakes; comparing large individuals of the extant green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) and reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus) to total length estimates of the extinct Gigantophis and Titanoboa. • The green anaconda is the largest (most massive) extant snake.
This list of snakes of Africa includes all snakes in the continent of Africa. Philothamnus natalensis; Echis megalocephalus; Echis leucogaster [1] Roman's carpet viper [1] Naja melanoleuca; all species of the genus Afrotyphlops; Bitis caudalis; Bitis peringueyi; Bitis heraldica [2] Dispholidus typus; Spitting cobra (Many species); Dendroaspis ...
The eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis), often referred to as the common brown snake, is a species of extremely venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to eastern and central Australia and southern New Guinea. It was first described by André Marie Constant Duméril, Gabriel Bibron, and Auguste Duméril in 1854. The ...
Elapidae (/ ə ˈ l æ p ə d iː /, commonly known as elapids / ˈ ɛ l ə p ə d z /, from Ancient Greek: ἔλαψ élaps, variant of ἔλλοψ éllops "sea-fish") [6] is a family of snakes characterized by their permanently erect fangs at the front of the mouth.