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27 April 2010
Typhlophis
Created page with 'There is one species in this genus of the family Anomalepididae. ''T. squamosus'' is found in northeastern South America and has no teeth in the lower jaws.[[Category:Lizard_and_…'
Thamnophis
Created page with '''Thamnophis'' spp. are ribbon and garter snakes (subfamily Natricinae, family Colubridae). There are 18 species from Central and North America. They are small to medium snakes w…'
Taipan
Created page with 'The Australian taipan (''Oxyuranus'' spp.) produces the most powerful venom of any land snake.Category:Lizard_and_Snake_Glossary'
Spectacle
Created page with 'The palpebrae have been modified into a highly vascular and transparent structure, the spectacle that is located over and protects the cornea. The spectacle is also called the br…'
Solenoglyphous
Created page with 'Solenoglyphous dentition is seen in viperids where long curved tubular fangs located in the maxillae are folded caudodorsally and covered with a fleshy sheath when at rest. When …'
Snake hooks
Created page with 'Snake hooks are commonly used for the restraint of snakes especially venomous species. Experience and care is necessary with their use since damage to the snake is possible.[[Cat…'
Snake eggs
Created page with 'The eggs of snakes have a large amount of yolk that contains nutrients for development. The embryo is surrounded by two sets of membranes – the shell membrane that is formed in…'
Sistrurus
Created page with '''Sistrurus'' is a genus of snakes of the subfamily Crotalinae, family Viperidae and it includes the three species of rattlesnakes not in Crotalus. They differ from ''Crotalus'' …'
Sidewinder
Created page with 'The sidewinder (''Crotalus cerastes'') is a short stubby desert rattlesnake that is generally active at night. It is distributed in northwestern Mexico, southern parts of Utah, A…'
Serpentes
Created page with 'Snakes are a suborder of Squamata (an order of Reptilia) and can be divided into two infraorders: Scolecophidia (primitive snakes) and Alethinophidia (advanced snakes).[[Category…'
Scolecophidia
Created page with 'Scolecophidia is one of the two infraorders of snakes and is composed of the primitive snakes. The families in this infraorder are Anomalepididae, Typholopidae and Leptotyphlopid…'
Rosy boa
Created page with 'The rosy boa (''Lichanura trivirgata'') is a dwarf boid (subfamily Erycinae, family Boidae). Its range is southwestern USA and northwestern Mexico. It tends to be a desert snake.…'
Rhinotyphlops
Created page with 'There are about 25 species in this genus of the family Typhlopidae. Most species of this blind, burrowing genus come from sub-Saharan Africa.[[Category:Lizard_and_Snake_Glossary]…'
Reticulated python
Created page with 'Reticulated python (''Python reticulatus'') comes from southeast Asia and reaches up to 10 metres (33 ft). It is a common pet snake of the family Boidae but tends to be aggressiv…'
Reptiles
Created page with 'Reptiles are ectothermic, air-breathing vertebrates. They are covered with scales or plates, unlike mammals with hair or birds with feathers. They may be oviparous or viviparous.…'
Rattlesnake
Created page with 'Rattlesnakes are venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus. They have retained skin at the end of the tail which make a sharp sound when shaken. Com…'
Rat snake
Created page with 'Rat snakes are common pet snakes of the family Colubridae. They comprise many species including green rat snakes (''Elaphe triapsis''), black rat snakes (''Elaphe obsoleta obsole…'
Ramphotyphlops braminus
Created page with 'The Brahminy blind snake or flowerpot snake (''Ramphotyphlops braminus'') is parthenogenetic and has been introduced to many parts of the world in potted plants and now occurs in…'
Ramphotyphlops
Created page with 'There are about 40 species in this genus of the family Typhlopidae. These blind, burrowing are distributed from India to Australia. Males of this genus have a solid portion in th…'
Rainbow Boa
Created page with 'The rainbow boa (''Epicrates cenchria'') of the family Boidae comes from South America and grows to 2 metres (6 ft). They could be considered beautiful because of the iridescenc…'
Pythoninae
Created page with 'Pythons are one of the three subfamilies of the family Boidae. They are restricted to the Old World but are not present in Madagascar. All species are oviparous. Genera include '…'
Python
Created page with 'Python is a genus of pythons containing seven species from Africa and Asia. They include the reticulated python (''P. reticulatus''), the Indian python (''P. molurus''), the Afri…'
Puff adder
Created page with 'Puff adders are snakes of the genus Bitis but the specific puff adder (''B. arietans'') is a very heavy-bodied snake of variable colour. They measure about 1 metre (3 ft) and are…'
Pseudoxenodontinae
Created page with 'Pseudoxenodontinae are a small subfamily of Colubridae consisting of two genera (''Pseudoxenodon'' and ''Plagiopholis'') of poorly known snakes of southeast Asia.[[Category:Lizar…'
Psammophinae
Created page with 'Psammophinae are a subfamily of Colubridae with snakes that are characterised by greatly reduced hemipenes. They are diurnal and rear-fanged. Genera include sand snakes (''Psammo…'
Prosthoglyphous
Created page with 'Prosthoglyphous dentition is seen in elapids where short hollow fangs are fixed in the maxillae.Category:Lizard_and_Snake_Glossary'
Preferred optimum temperature zone
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Pit viper
Created page with 'Pit vipers (subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae) are venomous snakes that have heat-sensitive.Category:Lizard_and_Snake_Glossary'
Opisthoglyphous
Created page with 'Opisthoglyphous snakes may be colubrids or atractaspids and have one or two pairs of posterior maxillary enlarged grooved teeth (rear-fanged). These fangs are associated with Duv…'
Ophidian
Created page with 'Ophidian is the adjective relating to snakes.Category:Lizard_and_Snake_Glossary'
Oculovasal reflex
Created page with 'Pressure applied to the eyes of some species of reptiles results in a decrease in heart rate and blood pressure with a resultant state of calmness. This is a very useful non-chem…'
Natrix
Created page with 'There are four species of the genus Natrix (subfamily Natricinae, family Colubridae). They are medium to large snakes that live close to water. All species eat amphibians and are…'
Natricinae
Created page with 'Natricinae is a subfamily of Colubridae consisting of snakes from North America, Europe and Asia. Many species are semi-aquatic and some are back-fanged. They include North Ameri…'
Morelia
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Morelia
Created page with 'Morelia is a genus of Australian pythons that has been under revision. It presently contains five species: the carpet python (''M. spilota''), amethystine python (''M. amethistin…'
Milk snake
Created page with 'Milk snakes (''Lampropeltis triangulum'') are common pet snakes of the subfamily Colubrinae, family Colubridae. Taxa include Sinaloan milk snakes (''Lampropeltis triangulum sinal…'
Membrana vasculosa retinae
Created page with 'The membrana vasculosa retinae is a vascular network from the choroid that overlies the retina in snakes. It runs into the posterior vitreous near the optic disc.[[Category:Lizar…'
Maticorinae
Created page with 'Maticorinae is a subfamily of Elapidae and has only one genus of Asian snakes, ''Maticora''.Category:Lizard_and_Snake_Glossary'
Mambas
Created page with 'Mambas (''Dendroaspis'' spp.) are of the subfamily Bungarinae, family Elapidae. The four species inhabit tropical and subtropical Africa and are fast-moving diurnal venomous snak…'
Malayan pit viper
Created page with 'The Malayan pit viper (''Enhydris plumbea'') is found in southeastern Asia and averages 70-80 cm in length. They have dark-brown angular patterns on a reddish-brown background. T…'
Madagascan tree boa
Created page with 'The Madagascan tree boa (''Sanzinia madagascarensis'') is a true boa (subfamily Boinae, family Boidae). This arboreal species has heat-sensitive pits in its upper and lower labia…'
Loxocemidae
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Loxocemidae
Created page with 'The family Loxocemidae consists of a single monotypic genus, ''Loxocemus''. The Mexican burrowing python (''L. bicolor'') is distributed in southern Mexico and Central America. I…'
Liotyphlophis
Created page with 'There are about twelve species in the genus ''Liotyphlophis'' of the family Anomalepididae. They are distributed in Central America and northern and eastern South America and hav…'
Liasis
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Liasis
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Liasis
Created page with '''Liasis'' is an Australasian genus of python containing at least ten species. They include four small brown pythons from Australia (''L. childreni'', ''L. maculosus'', ''L. pert…'
Leptotyphlopidae
Created page with 'Snakes of the family Leptotyphlopidae are slender blind (thread) snakes and comprise about 80 species. These small burrowing snakes have a well-developed pelvic girdle and some s…'
Laticaudinae
Created page with 'Laticaudinae is a subfamily of Elapidae and consists of a single genus of oviparous sea snakes, the sea kraits (''Laticauda'' spp.). Category:Lizard_and_Snake_Glossary'
Lamprophinae
Created page with 'Lamprophinae are African and Malagasy snakes of the family Colubridae. It is a large ill defined subfamily consisting of fangless and rear-fanged snakes and specialised and gener…'