Snakes of Massachusetts
Common Garter Snake
Thamnophis sirtalis (18-26", up to 48")
Generally, you can recognize this most common of all New England snakes by its pattern of yellow stripes on a black or brown background.
Snakes
Snakes are scaly, legless, sometimes venomous reptiles having a long, tapering, cylindrical body. Unlike lizards they lack limbs, external ear openings and eyelids. Their life styles vary; some are active by day, others at night.
Snakes
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SNAKES, an order (Ophidia) in the class of Reptiles.
Snakes of South Carolina and Georgia
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Family Colubridae (Non-venomous Snakes) ...
Snakehead (exotic)
The giant (or red) snakehead is an aggressive predator that feeds on fish, frogs, aquatic birds, and, in some cases, small mammals. It grows up to 40 inches and can weigh over 15 pounds.
Snakes of West Virginia
Family: Colubridae
Eastern Wormsnake
Northern Black Racer ...
Snakes of Pennsylvania
Non-Venomous Species
Eastern Worm Snake (Carphophis amoenus) ...
Snake (Black Mamba)
Black Mamba: Dendroaspis polylepis
Length: Maximum 4m, average 3m.
Lifespan: Up to 12 years in captivity.
Snake at Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda
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Snake Anatomy and Physiology
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Snake Facts
Scientific Name:
Comprised of the genus followed by the species...
Snake
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Snakes' Defensive Farts
When threatened, many snakes produce clear warning sounds. Some hiss, others rattle. But place a Sonoran Coral Snake in the same situation, and the best it can do is fart.
Snakes are fascinating to watch as they make their way gracefully around their enclosure, and if docile they are fun to hold. They are both intriguing and attractive! ...
Snake Identification Guide
If you live in Florida and you would like to know more about the snake you found in your backyard, or in your swimming pool, or the one you saw in the pine flatwoods, or crossing the road, ...
Rattlesnake: Crotalus adamanteus
Appearance:
The eastern diamondback is a large, heavy-bodied rattlesnake. Adults can grow to an average 3-6 feet in length and can weigh up to 10 pounds.
Snakes constitute the suborder Serpentes (or Ophidia). In most snakes limbs are entirely lacking, but a few have traces of hind limbs. The skin, which is covered with horny scales, is shed, usually several times a year.
Snakes consume a variety of items including termites, rodents, birds, frogs, small deer and other reptiles.
Snakeheads (family Channidae) from Africa and Asia are occasionally imported illegally into Texas. They closely resemble native bowfin (Family Amiidae) but are unrelated. This page depicts one species of snakehead.
Snakes live in many different places , but most of them live under the ground , some are aquatic and others are arboreal. Many hibernate in the winter.
Snake Skin: Beauty...and Function
Banded or blotched, colorful or dull, snake skin can warn predators or serve as camouflage. The first defense against trauma and disease, snake skin also plays a part in movement.
Ground Snake - Sonora semiannulata
GENUS Thamnophis
Eastern Garter Snake - Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis ...
Scarlet Snake
Cemophora coccinea
Redbelly Water Snake
Nerodia erythrogaster ...
Snake:
Transmutation
Nowhere are the differences between cultures and religions more sharply emphasized than in their attitudes towards Snake, differences which will also reveal different perspectives towards fundamental aspects of being alive.
Snakes
Family: Crotalidae (Pitvipers)
Genera: Agkistrodon (Copperhead and Cottonmouth), Crotalus (Rattlesnakes), and Sistrurus (Pigmy Rattlesnakes and Massasaugas) ...
Snake mackerel
Snake mackerel are perciform fishes in the family Gempylidae.
Snake Bite
The venom is complex mixture of protein molecules containing neuro-toxins (nerve poisons). If enough is injected the nerves controlling the heart and lungs are adversely affected and death may result.
Snake Pictures
Slither in to meet some of the largest, deadliest, and fastest snakes in the world.
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Rat Snake
Elaphe obsoleta
Photo by JD Willson
Description: Rat snakes are the most common large snakes encountered by people in most parts of North Carolina.
Bullsnake Species Profile
Bullsnake Stats
Scientific Name: Pituophis catenifer sayi
Family: Colubridae
Adult Size: Adults of this hefty snake differ in size populationally. Some may be adult at 3 to 4 feet.
Few snakes take care of their young. They simply lay their eggs, or give birth to their young in a suitable place and then leave. Many pythons, however, are different. They will coil around their eggs and incubate them.
Corn Snake
(Elaphe guttata guttata)
DESCRIPTION: Also known as the "red rat snake", this is a stout, medium-sized snake that grows to lengths of 30-48 in. (76-122 cm). It is red to orange in color, although there is individual variation.
BULLSNAKE FACTS
Description
Bullsnakes are usually yellow with brown, black or reddish blotches. A number of color variations are found including albinos.
Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum)
Description: Adults 18" to 36" in length. Colored with bands of whitish to yellowish, black, and red or orange. Red or orange may appear as incomplete bands or saddles on black. Smooth scales.
Bull Snake (Pituophis melanoleucus sayi)
The Bullsnake (Pituophis melanoleucus sayi) will rapidly vibrate its tail in dry vegetation to mimic or imitate ...
Corn Snake (Elaphe guttata)
Moore Co., NC 3/14/07.
The strikingly patterned head of the same snake.
This snake is not venomous. Still, it often is mistaken for the very dangerous, very venomous Water Moccasin, which is not native to Ohio.
Grass Snake Characteristics, Behavior and "Playing Possum"
Larger than adders and slow worms, the largest grass snakes are females that can reach five or occasionally even six feet in length. Males grow to around three feet long.
Coral Snake (Micrurus frontalis)
There are a variety of rhymes that are supposed to remind you whether or not one of the many species of Coral Snake is poisonous.
Night Snake
Night Snake (Hypsiglena torquata)
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Damp snakes
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Bill Oddie finds young grass snakes in a warm compost heap.
Brown Snake-eagle
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Grass Snakes are harmless and protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
It is an offence to kill, harm or injure them
sell or trade them in any way ...
The Brown Snake-Eagle (Circaetus cinereus) is widespread over much of southern Africa. The one shown here was near Satara Camp, in Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa in January, 2006.
Snakes, along with the lizards, turtles, crocodiles, and alligators, are reptiles. This means that they are lung breathing, back boned animals covered by dry horny scales.
Snake Home
Reptile Home
Garter snakes are extremely common across North America, from Canada to Central America, and an everyday find in gardens.
Snakes have powerful digestive enzymes that can break down tough materials like feathers, hair, and bone. Some species inject saliva containing venomous enzymes into their prey. The saliva is injected through teeth called fangs.
Snakes have a specialized mouth construction which enables them to swallow their prey whole. The lower jaw bone is in two parts, joined together at the chin by highly elastic tissue.
Snakes are most active in warm weather (75-90°F) and tend to avoid both cold and extremely hot temperatures. Search for snakes when the temperature is right. In the spring, snakes will be more active in the daytime.
Snakes, birds, and mammals.
Habitat
Sunny areas, low bushes, dense vegetation near water; Eastern United States; Connecticut to Florida, the Gulf States, and the Mississippi Valley to Kansas, Illinois and Ohio.
Snake Mortality Associated with Late Season Radio-transmitter Implantation. Herpetological Review 29(3), 1998. This deals with data primarily from the Louisiana pine snake and the timber rattlesnake.
Snakes are not popular creatures in American culture, but they are essential for controlling rodent and other small mammal populations.
Sea snakes, or "seasnakes", are venomous elapid snakes which inhabit marine environments for most or all of their lives. Though they evolved from terrestrial ancestors, and some such as Laticauda sp.
Mud Snake
The Mud Snake is a fairly long snake, growing to be between 38 and 80 inches long. It is shiny blueish-black in color with dark pink or red bars across its belly that cross onto its sides.
The Snake-bird is a constant resident in the Floridas, and the lower parts of Louisiana, Alabama, and Georgia.
Bullsnake Behaviour
No observations regarding Bullsnake behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Bullsnakes ...
The snake likes to live in moist places. It can be found in bogs, wet fields and around the edges of marshes.
Likes to Eat:
The smooth green snake eats all kinds of insects, as well as spiders, centipedes, millipedes and snails.
Rat snakes defend themselves vigorously when threatened by drawing the forepart of the body into an impressive “S' loop and rapidly vibrating the tail. Rat snakes are good tree climbers; keels on their scutes aid in climbing.
The snake occupies diverse habitats from sea level to 7,000 feet, ranging from desert flats to rocky hillsides, grassy plains, forested areas, river bottoms and coastal prairies.
Milk Snake
Lampropeltis triangulum
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Status No status in Minnesota. Description A medium sized Minnesota snake that is 24 to 52 inches in length, but quite often maintains a slender build. It is nonvenomous.
 See also: Reptile, Lizard, Turtle, Burro, Mice
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