Snake wine, known because of its ability to reinvigorate a person according to Chinese medicine, is an alcoholic beverage that is made by infusing an entire snake in rice wine or grain alcohol. This wine,蛇酒 pinyin: shéjiǔ; rượu rắn in Vietnamese, was first recorded to have been consumed in China during the reign of the Zhou dynasty and…
The snake or serpent is among the most widespread mythological symbols. The word serpent derives from the Latin word Serpens, which means an animal that crawls, or a snake. Several ancient rituals practiced by human beings are linked with snakes symbolizes twin expressions of evil or good. In certain traditions, the snake was the symbol of fertility. For…
The skeletal form of a snake is an amazing sight to observe. It is almost as though the entire structure is meticulously put together in an attempt to create an elegant creature. A snake skeleton consists of a skull, the vertebrae and ribs, and the vestigial remnants of the limb. The main structure of a…
The study regarding the diet of snakes always invokes our curiosity. Every snake is zoophagous (consuming other creatures), they eat animals. None of the snakes are vegetarians. These reptiles are carnivorous. Huge snakes consume large animals. Smaller snakes consume smaller animals. Invertebrates and insects constitute the diet of the tiniest snakes except for those snakes…
Snake Oil originally meant a fraudulent health product or a product of unproven medical value. Today, Snake Oil refers to all products with dubious, unverifiable, or questionable quality. Logically a snake oil vendor is a person who knowingly sells fraudulent products or is a charlatan or a fraud or a quack. Salesmen who sell these products…
There are a large number of snake varieties in this world. In fact, there are more than Three Thousand kinds of snakes. Pythons, seven or more meters in length are the giants among snakes. They can coil around a full-grown Antelope, squeeze it to death and swallow it without much ado. Then there are pencil-sized…
At some time or the other, when we see the snake charmer sitting with crossed legs, blowing his flute, it makes us awestruck, as at that time, his venomous cobra, wakes up from the basket and spreads wide its puffed-up hood, rocks its hood hither and thither in tune with the music. The snake charmer…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Viperidae Subfamily: Crotalinae Genus: Crotalus Species: C. cerastes Binomial name: Crotalus cerastes The Crotalus Cerastes snake, a variety of venomous pit viper belongs to the genera Crotalus (rattlesnake) . They dwell in…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Colubridae Subfamily: Natricinae Genus: Thamnophis Species: T. sauritus Binomial name: Thamnophis sauritus The Ribbonsnake or Ribbon Snake, biologically named Thamnophis Sauritus, is a normal variant of the garter snake, widespread in the…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Colubridae Subfamily: Natricinae Genus: Rhabdophis Species: R. Subminiatus Binomial name: Rhabdophis Subminiatus The snake Rhabdophis Subminiatus, called the Red-necked Keelback, belongs to the Colubridae family of snakes. This snake has a green tint, with yellow and red portions about the…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Elapidae Genus: Bungarus Species: B. flaviceps Binomial name: Bungarus flaviceps The Redheaded Krait, Bungarus Flaviceps, is a big and poisonous snake from the Elapid family, with spectacular color combinations. This deadly venomous snake grows to a…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Elapidae Genus: Pseudechis Species: P. porphyriacus The snake, Pseudechis Porphyriacus, biologically called the Red Bellied Black Snake, is a variety of Elapid snakes, inhabiting the Eastern regions of Australia. The venom of this snake causes…