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What are snakes?
Snakes are reptiles with no legs...obviously. They actually evolved from lizards. There are hundreds of species of snakes. There are constrictors, which constrict prey and sufocate it. There are venomous snakes that bite prey injecting venom which will kill it. And there are snakes that eat their prey live.
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Ground snakes
The ground snakes are very primitive ground dwelling snakes, the families are: F. Typhlopidae, F. Leptotyphlopidae, F. Anilidae F. Uropeltidae, and F. Xenopeltidae. They are mainly blind snakes, worm snakes and pipe snakes. There is another family: F. Aparallactidae or Atractaspididae. These are snakes which are ground dwellers but have an uncertain taxonic situation. They are sometimes classified as a subfamily of Colubrids, Vipers and even Elapids. They include the centipede eating snake and burrowing asp. |
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Boas and Pythons
Boas and pythons go into many families, they are: F. Boidae, F. Loxocemidae, and Tripidophidae. Boidae is all boas and pythons. Loxocemidae are ground dwelling pythons and Tridophidae are beleived to be an intermidiate step between boidae and colubridae, one example is the rough-scaled boa.
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Colubrids
These are the common snakes. They are mostly slender small snakes although they have reached up to 12 feet. Most are constrictors but some eat their food live, for example the garter snake; and some are rear fanged, for example the hognose. The family is: F. Colubridae, the largest family of snakes in the world. |
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Elapids
Venomous snakes with small fixed fangs (fangs can not retract) They are mostly cobras but also include coral snakes, sea snakes, mambas and more. The family is: F. Elapidae.
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Vipers
Venomous snakes with retractable fangs. They include rattlesnakes, copperheads, puff adder and more. The family is: F. Viperdae. |
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Aquatic snakes
Snakes that have adapted to being completely aquatic. There is only one family: F. Acrochordidae. One species is the file snake. Note: This does not include sea snakes or tentacled snakes.
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