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Pages in category "Snakes" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Sunbeam snakes: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor) Scolecophidia 3 families Family Common Names Example Species Example Photo Anomalepidae Taylor, 1939: Dawn blind snakes: Dawn blind snake (Liotyphlops beui) Leptotyphlopidae Stejneger, 1892: Slender blind snakes: Texas blind snake (Leptotyphlops dulcis) Typhlopidae Merrem, 1820: Blind snakes
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.
Lists by genus: List of pythonid species and subspecies; List of Serpentes families; List of viperine species and subspecies; By other characteristics:
Lists of snakes of the United States — lists of snake species that are native in U.S. states. Note: Articles on individual snakes should be listed in Category: Reptiles of the United States + Category: Snakes of North America + regional U.S. fauna categories
Snakes have a wide diversity of skin coloration patterns which are often related to behavior, such as the tendency to have to flee from predators. Snakes that are at a high risk of predation tend to be plain, or have longitudinal stripes, providing few reference points to predators, thus allowing the snake to escape without being noticed.
Snakes are thought to have evolved from either burrowing or aquatic lizards, perhaps during the Jurassic period, with the earliest known fossils dating to between 143 and 167 Ma ago. The diversity of modern snakes appeared during the Paleocene epoch (c. 66 to 56 Ma ago, after the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event).
Pages in category "Snakes of North America" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 255 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .