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Snake Feeding and Digestion
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Snake Feeding and Digestion
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Snake Handling and Restraint
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Snake safety equip.
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Safely restraining venemous snakes
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Royal python restraint
Snake Safety and Handling
Snake Safety and Handling moved to Snake Handling and Restraint: wrong subject title
Snake Handling and Restraint
Snake Safety and Handling moved to Snake Handling and Restraint: wrong subject title
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New page: {{unfinished}} ==Physical restraint== ===Handling=== Nonvenemous snakes should be physically restrained by holding the head at the quadrate/mandible level and supporting the body of the sn...
Lizard and Snake Zoonoses
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Lizard and Snake Quarantine
New page: {{unfinished}} Many owners fail to appreciate the importance of preventive medicine and the role of the veterinary surgeon as part of it. A preventive medicine program is an important par...
3 March 2010
Lizard and Snake Zoonoses
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Lizard and Snake Zoonoses
New page: {{unfinished}} Lizards and snakes present problems to handlers and owners not just because of their venom and size but also due to the possibility of zoonosis. Care must be taken with all...
Snake Diet
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Snake Diet
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Snake Diet
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Snake Diet
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Snake Diet
New page: {{unfinished}} The best captive diets reflect what the free-living animal feeds on in their natural environment. However the natural prey may not be available. The following is a guide f...
Snake Feeding and Digestion
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Snake Feeding and Digestion
New page: {{unfinished}} All snakes are carnivores. With over 2900 different species, some snakes have highly specialised diets (eggs, lizards, frogs, fish, fish eggs or invertebrates such as slugs...
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Adult snake eating adult mouse
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Snake Feeding - what size
Snake Housing
New page: {{unfinished}} 250px|thumb|right|©RVC and its licensors, Peer Zwart and Fredric Frye. All rights reserved ==Introduction to housing== Captive husbandry of snakes pres...
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Green snake on branch in vivarium
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Light bulb for Snake Housing
Snake Eye
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Snake Cardiovascular System
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Snake heart - cardiovascular system
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Photo of snake head showing no external ear
Snake Special Senses
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Pit viper heat pits - special senses
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Boid heat pits
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Snake head diagram for chemoreception
24 February 2010
Snake Teeth
New page: {{unfinished}} The arrangement and number of teeth is extremely species-specific. Some species of snake have virtually no teeth while others have very highly developed teeth. The function ...
Snake Urinary System
New page: {{unfinished}} The urinary system of snakes consists of paired lobulated kidneys and ureters that empty into the dorsal urodeum. *'''Kidney''' - Paired kidneys are located in the dorsal ...
Snake Skin
New page: {{unfinished}} Reptile skin functions to protect from physical trauma, desiccation, infection, osmotic damage and extremes of temperature. There are several layers. The dermis is mainly co...
Snake Respiratory System
New page: {{unfinished}} The respiratory tract of snakes consists of external nares, nasal cavity, internal nares, glottis, trachea, bronchi, lung(s) and air sac. There is no diaphragm. The externa...
Snake Reproductive System
New page: {{unfinished}} Most species of snakes show no sexual dimorphism and other methods are necessary to differentiate between males and females. *'''Ovaries''' - The reptilian ovary consists o...
Snake Neurological System
New page: {{unfinished}} Snakes have a typical reptilian nervous system. *'''Brain''' - The brain is elongate and consists of forebrain (telencephalon and diencephalon) and brain stem (midbrain and...
Snake Musculoskeletal System
New page: {{unfinished}} Snakes have greatly modified their skeletal system from their lizard-like ancestry. Growth is rapid in the first few years and is dependent upon the frequency of feeding an...
Snake Endocrine System
New page: Endocrine System The actions and metabolism of endocrine glands are poorly understood in comparison to mammals. *'''Thyroid''' - The single thyroid gland is roughly spherical and enclos...
Snake Digestive System
New page: {{unfinished}} The digestive system consists of the oral cavity, oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, caecum (some species), colon and cloaca. *'''Oral cavity''' - The mouth of a snake c...
Snake Cardiovascular System
New page: {{unfinished}} The cardiovascular system of snakes is similar to other non-crocodilian reptiles but is modified for their linear shape. *'''Systemic venous return''' - Snakes have both re...
Snake Special Senses
New page: {{unfinished}} *'''Chemoreception''' - The chemosensory system in reptiles is mediated by sensory cells in the nasal cavity and by Jacobson's organ (vomeronasal organ) that is located in t...
Snake Eye
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Snake Eye
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Snake Shedding
New page: {{unfinished}} The entire skin is shed on a regular basis, often two to four times a year. The frequency depends upon the rapidity of growth, age, nutritional state, size and environmental...
Snake Locomotion
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