Author: Randi Jones

Randi Jones is the owner and founder of the Nature Gift Store, an online retailer specializing in nature-themed gifts, educational science projects, live animal nature kits and real butterfly artwork. A biology graduate who fell in love with insects, she founded the company in 2001 to make active learning about nature fun, accessible and engaging for children and adults. Her store offers real butterfly frames, home and garden decor and educational live animal kits, including ant farms, worm farms, tadpoles, ladybugs and hermit crabs, and she runs a bug museum in Washington featuring live animals like Eddie the Iguana alongside other reptiles and insects.
  • Northern Water Snake

    Scientific Classification Kingdom:   Animalia Phylum:     Chordata Subphylum:     Vertebrata Class:       Reptilia Order:        Squamata Suborder:        Serpentes Family:        Colubridae Subfamily:        Natricinae Genus:        Nerodina Species:        N. sipedon Binomial name:        Nerodia sipedon Even though they are very common, We tend to confuse the Northern water snake Nerodia subfamily with other species because…

  • Milk Snake

    Scientific Classification Kingdom:   Animalia Phylum:     Chordata Subphylum:     Vertebrata Class:       Reptilia Order:        Squamata Suborder:        Serpentes Family:        Colubridae Subfamily:        Colubrinae Genus:        Lampropeltis Species:        L. triangulum Binomial name:        Lampropeltis triangulum Milk snakes belong to the species of milk snake Lampropeltis Triangulum.  The French call them Coulevre Tachtee and in Spanish,…

  • Monocled Cobra

    Scientific Classification Kingdom:   Animalia Phylum:     Chordata Subphylum:     Vertebrata Class:       Reptilia Order:        Squamata Suborder:        Serpentes Family:        Elapidae Genus:        Naja Species:        N. kaouthia Binomial name:        Naja kaouthia The monocled cobra,  Naja Kaouthia,  is otherwise called Monocellate cobra, and it belongs to a cobra variety endemic to the southeastern regions of East…

  • Malagasy Leaf-Nosed Snake

    The Malagasy leaf-nosed snake belongs to the species  Langaha  Madagascariensis. They are a species of poisonous snakes, also known as Madagascar (Leaf-nosed) Snakes. These snakes have characteristic scaly appendages on the snout. These reptiles get their name from these leaf-like structures. The appendages appear jagged and leaf-like in the females while the scales are long and…

  • King Snake

    Scientific Classification Kingdom:   Animalia Phylum:     Chordata Subphylum:     Vertebrata Class:       Reptilia Order:        Squamata Suborder:        Serpentes Family:        Colubridae Subfamily:        Colubrinae Tribe:        Lampropeltini Genus:        Lampropeltis The King Snake belongs to the category of colubrid snakes which are members of the genus Lampropeltis, including other four species, the milk snake, and forty-five…

  • Some Interesting Facts About Snakes

    Scientific Classification Kingdom:   Animalia Phylum:     Chordata Class:       Reptilia Order:        Squamata Family:     Ophidia Suborder:        Serpentes Infraorders:        Alethinophidia, Scolecophidia There is no doubt about the fact that Snakes are elegant creatures. You may fear it or love it, love it, but they certainly invoke your curiosity at all times. . They are mysterious…

  • Hairy Bush Viper

    Scientific Classification Kingdom:   Animalia Phylum:     Chordata Subphylum:     Vertebrata Class:       Reptilia Order:        Squamata Suborder:        Serpentes Family:        Viperidae Subfamily:        Viperinae Genus:        Atheris Species:        A. hispida Binomial name:        Atheris hispida The Hairy (Bush) Viper belongs to the species of viper Atheris hispida. These snakes possess highly keeled Dorsal-scales. These scales…

  • Indigo Snake

    Scientific Classification Kingdom:   Animalia Phylum:     Chordata Subphylum:     Vertebrata Class:       Reptilia Order:        Squamata Suborder:        Serpentes Family:        Colubridae Subfamily:        Colubrinae Genus:        Drymarchon Species:  D. couperi Binomial name:        Drymarchon couperi Eastern Indigo Snake, biologically called Drymarchon couperi, is an inhabitant of the Eastern United States. It is a big snake, recognized…

  • Grass Snake

    Scientific Classification Kingdom:   Animalia Phylum:     Chordata Subphylum:     Vertebrata Class:       Reptilia Order:        Squamata Suborder:        Serpentes Family:        Colubridae Subfamily:        Natricinae Genus:        Natrix Species:        N. natrix Binomial name:        Natrix natrix The grass snake (Natrix Natrix), which is also well known as the ringed snake, can be defined as a Eurasian…

  • Green Snake

    Scientific Classification Kingdom:   Animalia Phylum:     Chordata Subphylum:     Vertebrata Class:       Reptilia Order:        Squamata Suborder:        Serpentes Family:        Colubridae Subfamily:        Colubrinae Genus:        Opheodrys The small snake of the Colubrid family, belonging to the genus- Opheodrys is often commonly known as the green snake. There are two species of such snakes available in…

  • Garter Snake

    Scientific Classification Kingdom:   Animalia Phylum:     Chordata Subphylum:     Vertebrata Class:       Reptilia Order:        Squamata Suborder:        Serpentes Family:        Colubridae Subfamily:        Colubrinae Genus:        Coluber Species:        C. constrictor Binomial name:        Coluber constrictor The Garter snake belongs to the Colubrid genus. They are fairly distributed throughout North America.  You can find them in…

  • Glass Snake

    Scientific Classification Kingdom:   Animalia Phylum:     Chordata Subphylum:     Vertebrata Class:       Reptilia Order:        Squamata Suborder:        Lacertilia Family:        Anguidae Subfamily:        Anguinae Genus:        Ophisaurus Glass Snakes belong to the genus Ophisaurus,  which, in Greek, means Snake lizards.  This is not surprising since glass snakes are not really snakes.  They are lizards! Most species…