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Dracaena trifasciata is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to tropical West Africa from Nigeria east to the Congo. It is most commonly known as the snake plant, Saint George's sword, mother-in-law's tongue, and viper's bowstring hemp, among other names. [2]
Najash is an extinct genus of basal snake from the Late Cretaceous Candeleros Formation of Patagonia. [1] Like a number of other Cretaceous and living snakes it retained hindlimbs, but Najash is unusual in having well-developed legs that extend outside the rib cage, and a pelvis connected to the spine.
Oxyrhabdium modestum, commonly known as the Philippine shrub snake, is a species of snake in the family Cyclocoridae. It is found the Philippines on the islands of Basilan , Bohol , Dinagat , Leyte , Mindanao , Negros and Samar .
Stereospermum tetragonum, the yellow snake tree, is 15–20 m tall, trunk 15–25 cm in diam, large leaves 25–50 cm; leaflets 3–6 on each side of midrib, long elliptic, 8-14 X 2.5–6 cm. Large, pale yellow, trumpet shaped flowers occur in panicles. Flowers are pale yellow, slightly curved, about 2 cm, upper lip 2-lobed, lower lip 3-lobed ...
Tree snake is a common name for several snakes and may refer to: Boiga irregularis, the brown tree snake, native to Australia, Indonesia, and New Guinea, and notable as an invasive species in Guam; Dendrelaphis, a genus of snakes known as "tree snakes" in Australia; Imantodes, a genus of snakes native to Central and South America
Dipsadoboa shrevei (Loveridge, 1932) - Shreve's tree snake; Dipsadoboa underwoodi Rasmussen, 1993; Dipsadoboa unicolor Günther, 1858 - Günther's green tree snake; Dipsadoboa viridis (W. Peters, 1869) - Laurent’s green tree snake; Dipsadoboa weileri (Lindholm, 1905) - black-tailed tree snake; Dipsadoboa werneri (Boulenger, 1897) - Werner's ...
It is commonly known as the golden tree snake, ornate flying snake, and golden flying snake. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Along with the other species in the Chrysopelea genus , the golden tree snake is very unusual, as it is capable of a type of gliding "flight" (more of a controlled "throwing" or "falling")—mainly utilised during the pursuit of prey ...
Both families share a number of primitive characteristics. Nearly all have a relatively rigid lower jaw with a coronoid element, as well as a vestigial pelvic girdle with hind limbs that are partially visible as a pair of spurs, one on either side of the vent. In males, these anal spurs are larger and more conspicuous than in females. A long ...