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Tropidoclonion lineatum annectens Ramsey, 1953 – central lined snake; Tropidoclonion lineatum lineatum (Hallowell, 1856) – northern lined snake; Tropidoclonion lineatum mertensi H.M. Smith, 1965 – Mertens' lined snake; Tropidoclonion lineatum texanum Ramsey, 1953 – Texas lined snake
The description of its habit was based on Andreas Cleyer, who in 1684 described a gigantic snake that crushed large animals by coiling around their bodies and crushing their bones. [8] Henry Yule in his 1886 work Hobson-Jobson , notes that the word became more popular due to a piece of fiction published in 1768 in the Scots Magazine by a ...
A line diagram from The Fauna of British India by G. A. Boulenger (1890), illustrating the terminology of shields on the head of a snake Until the mid-20th century, it was widely believed that snakes were unable to hear.
The longest venomous snake is the king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah), with lengths (recorded in captivity) of up to 5.7 m (19 ft) and a weight of up to 12.7 kg (28 lb). [53] It is also the largest elapid. The second-longest venomous snake in the world is possibly the African black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis), which
Arafura file snake (Acrochordus arafurae) Aniliidae Stejneger, 1907: Coral pipe snakes: False coral snake (Anilius scytale) Anomochilidae Cundall, Wallach and Rossman, 1993: Dwarf pipe snakes: Leonard's pipe snake, (Anomochilus leonardi) Atractaspididae Günther, 1858: Mole vipers: Western purple-glossed snake (Amblyodipsas unicolor) Boidae ...
The Texas lined snake (Tropidoclonion lineatum texanum) is a subspecies of nonvenomous snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The subspecies is endemic to the United States . Geographic range
Elaphe quatuorlineata (common names: four-lined snake, Bulgarian ratsnake [3]) is a member of the family Colubridae. [4] The four-lined snake is a non- venomous species and one of the largest of the European snakes.
Hemorrhois nummifer can grow to 100 cm (39 in) [4] in total length but is often smaller. The body is strong and fairly robustly built. It is brown, grey, or olive grey above and often has a dorsal row of about 57–65 large spots, turning into a continuous line on the tail.