Jul 22

The snakes is suborder Serpentes one elongates the reptile. Looks like all reptile, the snakes in the scale quilt. All snakes are the meat, and may be remarkable from the non-leg’s lizard by theirs deficient eyelid, the body, the foreleg external ear and the trace. Spread-eagle except in size scope from small, 10 cm long thread snakes to Python and water python’s South Pole state’s each mainland snakes 2,700+ types which disseminates in 9 m long-term. In order to hold snakes The narrow body, the organ which pairs is appeared in front of other, but is not side-by-side. As a result of poisonous snakes ordinary, the snakes is a frightened animal. The poisonous snakes is their danger does not consider the size, and the biggest constriction is potential man-eater . All snakess force the carnivores.

When poisonous snakes including minority type, some have the powerful venom to be able to cause the painful the injury or the death to the human. However, is mainly to kill in snakes venom with the uniform fall guy, but is not the self-defense. Perhaps the snakes dug a hole from the adaptation in the Cretaceous Period period lizard evolved , although a some scientist supposition aquatic origin.The modern snakes change appears in the ancient new period .

A snakes’s literary word is the snakes . In modern usage, deadline ” serpent” Usually mentions a myth or the mark snakes. The snakes is also the medical skill symbol.

The snakes is a big group reptile; Today live snakes’s 2,000 different types. snakes in various housing land and aquatic institute. The most snakes and the biggest snakes is found in the tropical rain forest. The snakes in is found except South Pole state’s each mainland. Does not have the snakes locality to Hawaii, Iceland, Ireland or New Zealand.

Anatomy: The snakes has is long, narrow body and squamose skin. They do not have the eyelid, the external ear opening and the leg (, although some snakes, look like python and Python, has trace hind leg). When they grow, the snakes sheds their old skin and covers their eye’s movie. Other reptile, the snakes is likely the cold blooded.

Diet: The snakes is the carnivore (meat). They eat the rodents animal and other mammal, the bird, the reptile, the fish, the amphibian, the insect and the egg. Some snakes (cobra, viper and cobra are virulent likely), and kills (or paralysis) through the injection poison their fall guy passes the hollow canine. Some snakes (likely python and water python) through squeeze it to kill them the fall guy to the death. The snakes does not chew their food even not to bite it to enter the piece; The snakes swallows down the entire their food. Other snakes seize their food, and swallows down it.

Reproduction: Some snakes through under egg reproduction; Other snakes birth life young people.

Evolution: The snakes first appears before late Cretaceous Period period (about 95,000,000), (dinosaur before about 225 to 65,000,000 lives) toward dinosaur’s time’s ending. Therefore did the late dinosaur, when look like T. rex and the triangle dinosaur is neighbor evolves in the first snakes.

Jul 29
coral snakes
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Description

The small Western Coral Snakes has a correspondingly small head. Adults grow only 13 to 22 inches in length with a girth about the size of a pencil. The Coral Snakes is remarkable for its wide red and black bands and narrow yellow and white rings completely encircling its body.

A few other snakes mimic this coloration, most notably the Scarlet Kingsnake, but the Western Coral Snakes is the only snake with red bands bordered by white or pale yellow.

Worldwide, there are about 65 species of Coral Snakes, all members of the of the cobra family (Elapidae). Micrurus is the large genus of Coral Snakes in the Americas. Micruroides is the genus to which U.S. (and northern Mexico) Coral Snakes belong and is a genus unique to the northern forms.

coral snakes

coral snakes

Behavior

Coral Snakes vary widely in their behavior, but most are very elusive, fossorial snakes which spend the vast majority of their time buried in the ground or in leaf litter of a rainforest floor, only coming to the surface during rains or during breeding season. Some species, like Micrurus surinamensis are almost entirely aquatic and spend most of their lives in slow moving bodies of water that have dense vegetation.

Like all elapid snakes, Coral Snakes use a pair of small fangs, which are fixed in the front of their top jaw, to deliver their venom. Due to the time it takes for the venom to take effect, Coral Snakes have a tendency to hold on to a victim when biting, unlike vipers which have retractable fangs and tend to prefer to strike and let go immediately. Coral Snakes are not aggressive or prone to biting however, and account for less than a single percent of the number of snake bites each year in the United States. Most Coral Snakes bites occur because of accidental handling of the snake while engaged in an activity like gardening.

Range

Sonoran Desert of Arizona and northern Mexico, to the southwest corner of New Mexico below 5,800 feet.

Habitat

Encountered in a number of habitats, but is most frequent in rocky, upland desert regions where Saguaro Cactus is prevalent.

Venom

Coral Snakes possess the second most potent venom of any North American snake, behind some rattlesnake species. However, few bites are recorded due to their reclusive nature and the fact they generally inhabit sparsely populated areas. When confronted by humans, Coral Snakes will almost always attempt to flee, and bite only as a last resort. In addition, Coral Snakes have short fangs that cannot penetrate thick shoe leather. Any bite however, is a medical emergency that requires immediate attention. Coral Snakes have a powerful neurotoxin that paralyzes the breathing muscles; mechanical or artificial respiration, along with large doses of antivenom, are often required to save a victim’s life. There is usually only mild pain associated with a bite, but breathing difficulties and ptosis can occur within hours.

Jul 29
white python
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white python

white python

Jul 29
gold snakes
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gold snakes

gold snakes

Jul 29
flower python
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flower python

flower python

Jul 29
cartoon snakes
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cartoon snakes

cartoon snakes

Jul 26

Description

fasciatus is easily identified by its alternate black and yellow bands, its triangular body cross-section and the marked vertebral ridge consisting of enlarged vertebral shields along its body. The head is broad and depressed. The eye is black. It has arrow-head like yellow markings on its otherwise black head and has yellow lips, lore, chin and throat.

Bungarus fasciatus

Bungarus fasciatus

Kraits usually range between 1 to 1.5 m in length, although specimens as large as 2 m have been observed. The Banded Krait (B. fasciatus) may grow as large as 2.5 m. Most species of krait are covered in smooth glossy scales that are arranged in bold striped patterns of alternating black and light-colored areas. This gives the snake camouflage in its habitat of grassland and scrub jungle. The scales along the dorsal ridge of the back are hexagonal. The head is slender and the eyes have round pupils. Kraits have a pronounced dorso-lateral flattening, and are triangular in cross-section. The tail tapers to a thin point.

The banded krait has been recorded to grow up to a length of 2125mm, but normally the maximum length encountered is 1800mm or less.

The snake has an entire anal scale and single subcaudals. The tail is small and ends like a finger-tip, generally being one tenth the length of the snake.

Behavior

Kraits are ophiophagous, preying primarily upon other snakes (including venomous varieties) and are cannibalistic, feeding on other kraits. They will also eat small lizards.

All kraits are nocturnal. The snake is more docile during the daylight hours, becoming more aggressive during the night. However, they are rather timid and will often hide their heads within their coiled bodies for protection. When in this posture, they will sometimes whip their tail around as a type of distraction.

Habitat

Banded kraits may be seen in a variety of habitats ranging from forests to agricultural lands. They inhabit termite mounds and rodent holes close to water, and often live near human settlement, especially villages because of their supply of rodents and water. They prefer the open plains of the countryside.

The banded krait has been found in Myanmar up to an altitude of 5000 feet

Jul 26
snake’s war
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snake's war

snake's war

Jul 26
smoke
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smoke

smoke

Jul 26
serpent eat the pig

serpent eat the pig

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