SNAKES IN GENERAL
THE SNAKE FAMILIES
Infraorder Scolecophidia (Blindsnakes)
Superfamily Typholopoidea
Family Anomalepididae (Primitive/Dawn Blindsnakes)
Family Leptotyphlopidea (Thread/Slender/Worm Snakes)
Family Typhlopidae (Blindsnakes)
Infraorder Alethinophidia
Parvorder Henophidia
Family Aniliidae (False coralsnake)
Pipesnakes
Family Anomochilidae
Family Cylindrophiidae
Family Uropeltidae (Short-/Shield-Tail Snakes)
Family Xenopeltidae
(Sunbeam Snake)
Parvorder Caenophidia
Family Acrochordidae
(Filesnakes or Wartsnakes)
Acrochordus javanicus (Elephant’s Trunk Snake)
Family Atractaspididae
Subfamily Atractaspididae (Stilleto/Mole/Burrowing Viper)
Superfamily Booids (Pythons and Boas)
Family Boidae (Boids)
Subfamily Boinae (Boas)
Boa Constrictor (Boa Constrictor)
Eunectes murinus (Green Anaconda)
Subfamily Erycinae (Sand Boas)
Family Bolyeridae (Round Island/Mascarene Boas)
Family Loxocemidae (Burrowing/New World (Mexican)/Dwarf Python)
P. reticulatus (Recticulated Python)
P. curtus (Blood/Short Python)
P. molurus (Indian Rock Python)
P. molurus bivittatus (Burmese Rock Python)
P. regius (Royal/Ball pythons)
Chondrophython viridis (New Guinea/Green Tree Python)
Family Tropidophiidae (Dwarf Boas, Protocolubrids, Woodsnakes, Forest Boas)
Superfamily Colubroids:
Family Colubridae (Colubrids)
Subfamily Colubriane (Colubrine Snakes)
Ahaetulla prasina (Oriental Whip Snake)
Ahaetulla nasuta (Long-nosed Whip Snake)
Dryophiops rubescens (Keel-bellied Whip Snake)
Boiga dendrophila (Mangrove Cat Snake)
Boiga cynodon (Dog-toothed Cat Snake)
Dasypletis sacbra (African Egg-eating Snake)
Elaphe guttata guttata (Corn Snake)
Elaphe obsoleta lindheimer (Leucistic (Texas) Rat Snake)
Lampropeltis getulus (Common King Snake)
Lampropeltis getulus floridana (Florida King Snake)
Heterodon nasicus (Western Hognose Snake)
Subfamily Lamprohiinae (Lamprohines)
Kukri Snakes (Oligodon)
Slugsnakes (Pareas)
Subfamily Homalopsinae (Rear Fanged Water Snakes):
Erpeton tentaculatus (Tentacled Snake) (see Colubrids)
Homalopsis buccata (Puff-faced Water Snake) (see Colubrids)
Subfamily Natricinae (Water/Keel-back/Grass Snakes)
Garter Snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) (see Colubrids)
Subfamily Xenodontinae (Xenodontines)
Family Elapidae (Elapids)
Ophiophagus hannah (King Cobra)
Naja naja sputatrix (Black Spitting Cobra)
Naja naja kaouthia (Monocled Cobra)
Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Subfamily Azemiopinae (Fea’s Viper)
Subfamily Crotalinae (Pit Vipers):
Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus (Mangrove/Shore Pitviper)
Crotalus adamanteus (Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake)
Subfamily Viperinae (True/Old World Vipers)
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- How do snakes swallow?
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- Why and how do snakes kill?
Snake predators and how do snakes protect themselves?
Snake mating, eggs and babies
Where are snakes found?
Fascinating snake adaptations to various habitats
Snake bites and first aid
Snakes in danger: role and conservation and snakes in human culture
Snake records: biggest, smallest, deadliest and more
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- General snake links and references
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