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Smooth Green Snake
The smooth green snake is sometimes found in large groups of other snakes when it’s resting or hibernating. The smooth…
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The smooth green snake is sometimes found in large groups of other snakes when it’s resting or hibernating. The smooth…
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The Madagascar tree boa is a beautiful nonvenomous snake that is born with a bright red base color that changes…
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The inland taipan is thought to produce one of the deadliest venoms in the world. The inland taipan, also known…
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Red spitting cobras can spit their venom into a predator or prey’s eyes from up to 8 feet away with…
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Pretends to be a cobra Also called the hooded malpolon or the Egyptian false cobra, this snake of the deserts…
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Checkered garter snakes can release a stinky liquid to escape predators. The checkered garter snake is aptly named for the…
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Do you own a pet snake, or are you planning to get one? While this animal is beautiful and often…
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The Sunbeam snake is one of two species of iridescent-scaled, non-venomous, nocturnal snake found in Southeast Asia. Their scales in…
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The monocled cobra is among the most dangerous snakes in the world. The monocled cobra, also known as the Indian…
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The female smooth snake gives birth to live young instead of eggs. The smooth snake is among the most common…
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It’s known as the third most venomous snake in the world. The coastal taipan is an Australian snake known for…
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Sidewinders can reach a traveling speed of 18 mph. Also called the horn viper, horned rattlesnake, or sidewinder rattlesnake, sidewinders…
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Night snakes are sometimes mistaken for rattlesnakes due to some shared characteristics. The range of the night snake stretches from…
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Pipe Snakes are ancient and primitive. Lizards appeared on earth well before snakes, and some snake families are so old…
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Baird’s rat snake subdues its prey through suffocation. Native to the Big Bend region, along the border of Texas and…
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“This docile snake is a popular and long-lived pet – though challenging to care for – with a lifespan of…
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The cat snake is a capable nocturnal hunter with cat-like eyes that help them see well in the dark. The…
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When threatened or frightened, the king rat snake has the ability to produce a foul-smelling substance out of self-defense. The…
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It’s sometimes called a cat snake because of its large eyes and vertical pupils. The brown tree snake lives in…
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It only eats birds’ eggs. The rhombic egg-eater snake is well-named. It has rhomboid-shaped splotches on its back, and it…
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Beautiful but dangerous pitviper. This robust-bodied pit viper belongs to one of the most dangerous of the snake genera. Its…
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At eight feet, black rat snakes are one of the longest snakes living in North America. Black rat snakes are…
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Around 35 people are bitten by these snakes each year, however there have been no recorded fatalities. The red-bellied black…
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Worm Snakes are small and shy. If you turn over a flower pot in your garden and see a dark…
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A female harlequin coral snake can lay four to 13 eggs underground. The Harlequin snake, or Eastern coral snake, is…
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The river jack snake has a gigantic horn-like scale on the tip of its nose. The rhino viper, also known…
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“This snake is known for playing dead as a defense against predators.” The Rinkhals snake sometimes called the ring-necked spitting…
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“Harmless, but with fangs like a wolf.” Called the common wolf snake, the oriental wolf snake, the Indian wolf snake,…
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The Mamushi snake, which is also known as the Japanese moccasin or the Japanese pit viper, can grow to be…
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Night adders are small, slender snakes that, despite the name, are actually most active during the day. Night adders belong…
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The Asian vine snake’s long, thin tongue resembles a worm that can lure in frogs and other prey. The Asian…
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Urutu snakes are aggressive pit vipers capable of causing severe tissue damage and even death to humans with their venomous…
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Flying snakes don’t really fly — they glide! Though they don’t fly like birds or bats, the very sight of…
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The western ground snake uses its thick head to dig burrows in its sandy habitat. The western ground snake goes…
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The parrot snake shows off bright green and bronze colors that cover its entire body. They are often called non-venomous…
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The zebra snake is a black-hooded species of spitting cobra native to several of the southern countries of Africa. The…
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“The mole snake can reach a length of 6.8 feet” The mole snake lives in the grasslands, deserts, savannas, and…
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Setting up the perfect habitat for your pet snake requires a lot of thought. One thing you need to consider…
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The island-dwelling golden lancehead snake is one of the most venomous snakes in the world. It only lives on one…
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The habu snake is most famous for its use in “medicinal” habu sake (habushu), or snake wine. The habu snake,…
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The cat-eyed snake is a genus of slender snakes with huge cat-like eyes. There are between 12 and 16 recognized…
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The garter snake is one of the most common and widely distributed snake species in the United States. The estimated…
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The Oregon Trail was a famous wagon trail that connected Missouri to Oregon. The trail was created and used by…
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The king cobra is many things to different people. The snake can be admired or feared for its peculiar mannerisms…
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A Bullsnake is considered “The farmer’s friend.” This big snake is one of the largest found in North America, especially…
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Snakes are a popular option for those looking for fairly low-maintenance pets. And there are plenty of options — here…
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“A subspecies of the common kingsnake.” The Mexican black kingsnake is one of the most popular snakes to keep as…
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“Mangrove snakes have weak venom.” The mangrove snake, which is also known as the gold-ringed cat snake, has bold black…
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The Boiga is a genus of snakes that are members of the Colubridae family. They are native to Asia, Australia,…
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If you’re thinking of getting a ball python for a pet, you’ll want to be sure to read this ball…