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This is a list of the scientific names of extant snakes. It includes 517 genera and 3,738 species: [1] Acanthophis Acanthophis antarcticus Acanthophis cryptamydros
Common name Geographic range [1] Antaresia: Wells & Wellington, 1984 4 2 Children's pythons Australia in arid and tropical regions Apodora [17] Kluge, 1993 1 0 Papuan python Papua New Guinea Aspidites: W. Peters, 1877 2 0 pitless pythons Australia, except in the southern parts of the country Bothrochilus: Fitzinger, 1843 1 0 Bismarck ringed python
The copperhead, or Agkistrodon contortrix, is a large and venomous snake found in terrestrial and semi-aquatic habitats in the eastern United States, according to the Smithsonian's National Zoo ...
Lists by genus: List of pythonid species and subspecies; List of Serpentes families; List of viperine species and subspecies; By other characteristics:
Python is a genus of constricting snakes in the Pythonidae family native to the tropics and subtropics of the Eastern Hemisphere. [1]The name python was proposed by François Marie Daudin in 1803 for non-venomous flecked snakes. [2]
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
Just before shedding, the skin becomes grey and the snake's eyes turn silvery. The inner surface of the old skin liquefies, causing it to separate from the new skin beneath it. After a few days, the eyes clear and the snake reaches out of its old skin, which splits. The snake rubs its body against rough surfaces to aid in the shedding of its ...