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The longest venomous snake is the king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah), with lengths (recorded in captivity) of up to 5.7 m (19 ft) and a weight of up to 12.7 kg (28 lb). [53] It is also the largest elapid. The second-longest venomous snake in the world is possibly the African black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis), which
First quasar discovered to be multiply image-lensed by a galaxy cluster and currently the third largest quasar lens with the separation between images of 15″ [5] [6] [7] SDSS J1029+2623 3 Galaxy cluster at z = 0.6 The current largest-separation quasar lens with 22.6″ separation between furthest images [8] [9] [10] SDSS J2222+2745 6 [11]
This is a list of extant snakes, given by their common names. Note that the snakes are grouped by name, and in some cases the grouping may have no scientific basis. Contents:
These species varied broadly in size; Palaeophis casei is the smallest at 1.3 metres of length, while the largest species, Palaeophis colossaeus, is estimated to have been 8.1–12.3 m (27–40 ft) long based on isolated vertebrae, [4] [8] making it one of the largest known snakes. However, most species of the genus were not as big.
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
Example Species Example Photo Acrochordidae Bonaparte, 1831: File snakes: Arafura file snake (Acrochordus arafurae) Aniliidae Stejneger, 1907: Coral pipe snakes: False coral snake (Anilius scytale) Anomochilidae Cundall, Wallach and Rossman, 1993: Dwarf pipe snakes: Leonard's pipe snake, (Anomochilus leonardi) Atractaspididae Günther, 1858 ...
The patient was playing with a snake, and was bitten on the left finger, the snake measured 20 cm in length and bit him for a long period of time. 30 minutes after the bite, there was ecchymosis in the area, without pain. The patient had mild, localized edema, and about 8 hours later, gingival bleeding began.
Causus rhombeatus, commonly known as the rhombic night adder, is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Viperinae of the family Viperidae. The species is native to Sub-Saharan Africa . No subspecies are recognized as being valid.