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Family Common Names Example Species Example Photo Acrochordidae Bonaparte, 1831: File snakes: 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 ...
Colubridae (/ k ə ˈ l uː b r ɪ d iː /, commonly known as colubrids / ˈ k ɒ lj ʊ b r ɪ d z /, from Latin: coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, [2] it is the largest snake family. The earliest fossil species of the family date back to the Late Eocene epoch, with earlier origins suspected. [1]
This list of snakes of Florida includes all snakes in the U.S. state of Florida. Non-venomous. An American alligator and a Burmese python in Everglades National Park.
The Boidae, commonly known as boas or boids, [3] are a family of nonvenomous snakes primarily found in the Americas, as well as Africa, Europe, Asia, and some Pacific islands. Boas include some of the world's largest snakes, with the green anaconda of South America being the heaviest and second-longest snake known; in general, adults are medium ...
Elapids are endemic to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, with terrestrial forms in Asia, Australia, Africa, and the Americas and marine forms in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Members of the family have a wide range of sizes, from the 18 cm (7.1 in) white-lipped snake to the 5.85 m (19 ft 2 in) king cobra.
Some who domesticate kingsnakes, such as ranchers, do so in the hopes that the kingsnakes will feed on other snakes, which might present more of a threat. It was previously considered a subspecies of the common kingsnake. The desert kingsnake belongs to the Colubridae family, which is the largest family of snakes in the world. [2]
The Pythonoidea, also known as pythonoid snakes, are a superfamily of snakes that contains pythons (family Pythonidae) and other closely related python-like snakes (but not boas, which are in a separate superfamily called Booidea).
Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge is an African-themed deluxe resort at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. It opened on April 16, 2001. The resort is owned and operated by Disney Parks, Experiences and Products. Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge is located in the Animal Kingdom Resort Area, adjacent to Disney's Animal Kingdom. It gives ...