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The word anhinga comes from a'ñinga in the Brazilian Tupi language and means "devil bird" or "snake bird". [3] The origin of the name is apparent when swimming: only the neck appears above water, so the bird looks like a snake ready to strike. They do not have external nares (nostrils) and breathe solely through their epiglottis.
Kingsnakes vary widely in size and coloration. They can be as small as 24" (61 cm) or as long as 60" (152 cm). [2] Some kingsnakes are colored in muted browns to black, while others are brightly marked in white, reds, yellows, grays, and lavenders that form rings, longitudinal stripes, speckles, and saddle-shaped bands.
The brown thrasher is the state bird of Georgia. This list of birds of Georgia includes species documented in the U.S. state of Georgia and accepted by the Checklist and Records Committee of the Georgia Ornithological Society (GOSRC). As of August 2020, there are 427 species definitively included in the official list.
Georgia is home to about 47 species of snakes, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Snakes can be found from the mountains of north Georgia to the barrier islands along the ...
Though nearly all snakes are adept swimmers, few if any take the swimming position of the snake bird or Anhinga as seen in this video, very little of a snake is visible so far above the water ...
Brown Water Snake (Nerodia taxispilota) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Pine Snake (Pituophis melanoleucus) Striped Crayfish Snake (Liodytes alleni) Glossy Crayfish Snake (Regina rigida) Queen snake (Regina septemvittata) Pine Woods Snake (Rhadinaea flavilata) Black Swamp Snake (Seminatrix pygaea) Brown Snake (Storeria dekayi)
You know the saying: “red touches black, venom lack; red touches yellow, kill a fellow.” Well, it’s a little more complicated than that. Georgia has one of the most biodiverse landscapes for ...
L. g. getula can be quite docile even when caught wild Florida kingsnake in Dixie County, Florida. Adult specimens of the speckled kingsnake, L. g. holbrooki, are the smallest race at 91.5 cm (36.0 in) in snout-to-vent length (SVL) on average, while L. g. getula is the largest at 107 cm (42 in) SVL on average. [7]