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Snakes
arafura snakes
asps
black snakes
boas
brown snakes
burrowing snakes
cobras
coral snakes
corn snakes
dugite snakes
eastern brown snakes
garter snakes
gopher snakes
grass snakes
green yellow snakes
king snakes
mamba snakes
midland brown snakes
milk snakes
other snakes
pipe snakes
puff adders
pythons
ratsnakes
rattlesnakes
shieldtail snakes
vipers
wart snakes
western brown snakes
whipsnakes
Snakes
Snakes live on all the continents except Antartica. Theyare carnivorous, ectothermic reptiles of the suborder Serpentes. Snakes do not have eyelids or external ears. They do have loosely articulated skulls which allows them to dislocate their lower jaw to swallow prey much larger than their own head.
Taxonomy
Snakes belong to the suborder Serpentes. There are two infrorders with the Serpentes suborder.
Infraorder Alethinophidia includes all snakes other than blind snakes and thread snakes. There are 15 families within this category. (source: wikipedia)
Infraorder Scolecophidia includes the blind snakes and thread snakes excluded from the Alethinophidia infraorder.
Pituophis melanoleucus catenifer Pacific Gopher snake Author: Antandrus image in public domain |
Lampropeltis getula californiae California King snake User: Calibas Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic |
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Dolichophis caspius caspian whipsnake Author: Kiril Kapustin GNU Free Documentation License |
Gonyosoma oxycephalum Red Tailed Green Ratsnake User: Uspns GNU Free Documentation License 1.2 |
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Snake families (alphabetical order)
Infraorder Alethinophidia - 15 families
Acrochordidae - Wart snakes
Aniliidae - False coral snakes
Anomochilidae - Dwarf pipe snakes
Atractaspididae - Burrowing asps
Boidae - Boas
Bolyeriidae - Splitjaw snakes
Colubridae - Typical snakes
Cylindrophiidae - Asian pipe snakes
Elapidae - elapids
Loxocemidae - Mexican burrowing snake
Pythonidae - Pythons
Tropidophiidae - Dwarf boas
Uropeltidae - Shield-tailed snakes
Viperidae - Vipers
Xenopeltidae - Sunbeam snakes
Infraorder Scolecophidia - 3 families
Anomalepidae - Wart snakes
Leptotyphlopidae - Primitive blind snakes
Typhlopidae - Typical blind snakes