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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.
List of Serpentes families; List of viperine species and subspecies; By other characteristics: List of dangerous snakes; List of largest snakes; By region: List of snakes of Jordan; List of snakes in North Macedonia; Snakes of Nigeria; List of snakes of Spain; List of snakes of Trinidad and Tobago; Category:Lists of snakes of the United States ...
This is a list of the scientific names of extant snakes. It includes 517 genera and 3,738 species: [1] Acanthophis
King brown snake or Mulga snake. King brown snake (Pseudechis australis) The Australian King brown snake or Mulga snake (Pseudechis australis) is the second longest species of venomous snake in Australia. The venom of this snake is relatively weak compared to many other Australian species. The LD 50 is 2.38 mg/kg subcutaneous. [163]
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
List of snakes of Trinidad and Tobago; V. List of viperine species and subspecies This page was last edited on 4 October 2021, at 23:11 (UTC). Text ...
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: Mole vipers: Western purple-glossed snake (Amblyodipsas ...
Snake scales are not discrete, but extensions of the epidermis—hence they are not shed separately but as a complete outer layer during each molt, akin to a sock being turned inside out. [61] Snakes have a wide diversity of skin coloration patterns which are often related to behavior, such as the tendency to have to flee from predators.