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The Snake Charmer is a .410 bore, stainless steel, single-shot, break-action shotgun, with an exposed hammer, an 18-1/8" barrel, black molded plastic stock and forend (aka "furniture"), and a short thumb-hole butt-stock that holds four additional 2-1/2" shotgun shells. These lightweight 3-1/2 pound guns have an overall length of 28-1/8 inches ...
At birth, juveniles are 215–260 mm (8.5–10.2 in) in total length. The minimum total length for a gravid female is about 100 cm (39 in). It seems that sexual maturity is achieved in 2–3 years. In one case, it took a specimen nearly 4.5 hours to give birth to 11 young. [5]
Adults of E. conicus may attain a total length of 3 feet 3 inches (99 cm), which includes a tail 3 inches (76 mm) long. The anterior maxillary and mandibular teeth are longer than the posterior. The head is covered with small scales. The eye is small with a vertical pupil. The dorsal scales are small and keeled. The tail is pointed, not or but ...
The longest venomous snake, with a length up to 18.5–18.8 ft (5.6–5.7 m), is the king cobra, [1] while contesters for the heaviest title include the Gaboon viper and the Eastern diamondback rattlesnake. All of these three species reach a maximum mass in the range of 6–20 kg (13–44 lb).
Snout–vent length (SVL) is a morphometric measurement taken in herpetology from the tip of the snout to the most posterior opening of the cloacal slit (vent). [1] It is the most common measurement taken in herpetology, being used for all amphibians , lepidosaurs , and crocodilians (for turtles, carapace length (CL) and plastral length (PL ...
The eggs hatch after about two months, and the young look essentially the same as the adults, possibly with a brighter color shade on the ring and belly. The eggs are 21–34 mm (3 ⁄ 4 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) long by 7–8 mm (1 ⁄ 4 – 1 ⁄ 4 in) wide, and the hatchlings are 100–125 mm (3.9–4.9 in) in total length. [9]
The Atlas moth is one of the largest lepidopterans, with a wingspan measuring up to 24 cm (9.4 in) [1] and a wing surface area of about 160 cm 2 (≈25 in 2). [2] It is only surpassed in wingspan by the white witch ( Thysania agrippina ) and Attacus caesar , [ 1 ] and in wing surface area by the Hercules moth ( Coscinocera hercules ).
Afrotyphlops schlegelii, commonly known as Schlegel's beaked blind snake [2] or Schlegel's giant blind snake, [1] is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The species is endemic to eastern and southern Africa, and bears the distinction of being the world's largest typhlopid . [ 2 ]