snakes library

Snakes have a long, flexible body that is covered with dry scales. Snakes flick their forked tongues to bring in odors to their sensory glands.

Featured Article: Venomous Snakes

The fear of snakes, ophidiophobia, is one of the most widespread phobias in the world. There are many types of harmless snakes, but the venom from some poisonous varieties can kill a person See more »

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Black Snake

Black Snake, or Black Racer, a nonpoisonous snake native to the eastern United States.

Boa Constrictor

Boa Constrictor, a large American snake related to the anaconda. Boa constrictors reach a maximum length of more than 18 feet (5.5 m), although most are less than 15 feet (4.6 m) long.

Bushmaster

Bushmaster, a large poisonous snake found in the tropical parts of Central and South America.

Flying Snake

Flying Snake, a snake that lives in trees in southern Asia. Flying snakes can spread their ribs to flatten their thick bodies, and can then sail from branch to branch or from tree to ground to capture the lizards on which they feed.

King Snake

King Snake, a member of a genus of North American snakes that prey on rattlesnakes, copperheads, and water moccasins, to whose poison they are immune.

Mud Snake

Mud Snake, or Hoop Snake, the name of two species of glossy, bright-colored, nonpoisonous snakes of the southeastern United States.

Water Snakes

Water Snakes, snakes that live chiefly in water. With the exception of the water moccasin, all water snakes in the United States are harmless to humans.