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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. Contents:
Small dark fossorial snake with flat indistinct head, and smooth scales. [1] Scarlet snake (Cemophora coccinea). Bright red, white, and black bands that do not extend around the belly. Black bands surround the white, touching the red. Tip of nose is red. [2] Black racer (Coluber constrictor). Adults are long, thin, and entirely black except for ...
Boiga nigriceps (black-headed cat snake) is a species of colubrid snake from South-East Asia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] They are large snakes; adults may attain a total length of 1.75 m ( 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft).
The pine snake preys on rats, mice, moles and other small mammals and eggs. [6] It often enters rodent burrows in search of a meal. In these cases, multiple kills are frequent, with the snake pressing the mice against the walls of the burrow. [11] The snake remains underground in cold weather or during the heat of summer days. [1]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... List of animals that can change color; ... List of animals referred to as white-lipped
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... This is a list of the scientific names of extant snakes. It includes 517 genera and 3,738 ...
Pantherophis obsoletus, also known commonly as the western rat snake, black rat snake, pilot black snake, or simply black snake, [5] is a nonvenomous species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to central North America. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid. [6] Its color variations include the Texas ...
The bandy-bandy is a smooth-scaled, glossy snake with a distinctive pattern of sharply contrasting black and white rings that continue right around the body. Bandy-bandys are strikingly distinguishable from other Australian land snakes by their unique banding pattern, [ 3 ] which gives the species both its common names and its scientific name ...