Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Viperidae Viperidae is another prominent family of poisonous snakes. You can identify the snakes in the ‘Viper Family’ by their hinged, long, hollow fangs. Quite distinct from the Elapids, with their fixed fangs, Vipers, have fangs…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Infraorder: Alethinophidia Family: Pythonidae The term Pythonidae is derived from the Greek Language. In Greek, the word is python. Pythons are non-venomous snakes that we can find in Africa. Australia and Asia. Among the members of the…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Sauropsida Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes The Suborder Serpentes Includes Two Infraorder Of Snakes The first Infraorder is Alethinophidia that includes 15 families and then you have the Scolecophidia, that comprises of 3 families Families under Alethinophidia Infraorder The Acrochordidae The Aniliidae The Anomochilidae…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Elapidae Subfamily: Hydrophiinae Some taxonomists opine that Hydrophiidae could be a sub-family of the main family Elapidae, which consist of some of the most venomous snakes in the world. This family consists mainly of sea…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Colubridae The name Colubridae refers to a family of snakes having 304 genera and 1938 species. Coluber, in Latin, means snakes. This is the largest family of snakes, accounting for about two-thirds of all snake species extant. We…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Infraorder: Alethinophidia Family: Boidae This family includes non-poisonous, but large and strong snakes that compress their prey in their coils; they are capable of swallowing an adult buck and other big animals! These types of snakes…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Ophidia Suborder: Serpentes Infraorders: Alethinophidia Family: Elapidae Subfamily: Elapinae, Hydrophiinae, Laticaudinae Snakes are a carrier of destiny to those who are ignorant; on the contrary, they are one among the major splendid wonders of nature. According to early…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Elapidae Genus: Notechis Species: Notechis scutatus Most Australians know about Tiger Snakes. The Tiger Snake Notechis Scutatus possesses a terrible reputation. Few people encounter Tiger snakes. But they are notorious because of their aggressive…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Colubridae Genus: Elaphe Species: E. obsoleta SubSpecies: E. o. lindheimeri The Texas Rat Snake, biologically Elaphe Obsoleta Lindheimeri, is a subordinate variety of rat snake, a Colubrid that is not poisonous. We see them in The…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Colubridae Subfamily: Homalopsinae Genus: Erpeton Species: E. tentaculatum Binomial name: Erpeton tentaculatum The Tentacled snake belongs to the species Erpeton Tentaculatum. These are aquatic snakes. They are the only species of their…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Elapidae Genus: Oxyuranus Taipan snakes belong to the genera Oxyuranus, This snake moves very fast. It is big and very poisonous and belongs to the Elapid family from Australia. At present, there are 3 varieties…
The snow snake is known to exist in the continent of North America, even before the arrival of the European colonizers. Serpentine Niveus is often referred to as a white snake, which thrives best in the cold region of the globe. They have ice-like eyes that turn into burning red or ruby color when they…