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List Of Serpentes Families
This is an overview of the suborder Serpentes, its two infraorders (subdivisions) and the families they contain. This is the group of reptiles commonly known as snakes. Taxonomy There are two infraorders of living snakes: Alethinophidia and Scolecophidia. This separation is based primarily on morphological characteristics between family groups; however, more recently, the comparison of mitochondrial DNA has played its part. As with most taxonomic classifications, there are many different interpretations of the evolutionary relationships. This had resulted in families being moved to different infraorders, the merging or splitting of infraorders and families. For instance, many sources classify Boidae and Pythonidae as the same family, or keep others, such as Elapidae and Hydrophiidae, separate for practical reasons despite their extremely close relationship. See also * List of snakes List of snakes refers to a variety of different articles and different criteria. these ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rendered in Latin as and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as . Linnaeus was born in Råshult, the countryside of Småland, in southern Sweden. He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University and began giving lectures in botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735 and 1738, where he studied and also published the first edition of his ' in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden where he became professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In the 1750s and 1760s, he continued to collect an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acrochordus Arafurae
:''Common names: Arafura File snake, Elephant Trunk Snake or wrinkle file snake.'' ''Acrochordus arafurae'' is an aquatic snake species found in northern Australia and New Guinea. No subspecies are currently recognized. This snake was first described by Samuel Booker McDowell in 1979 Description Adults grown to 8.25 ft (2.5 m) in length.Burnie D, Wilson DE. 2001. Animal. Dorling Kindersley. 624 pp. . They have amazingly loose skin and are known to prey on large fish, such as eel-tailed catfish. Females are usually larger than males and they have been known to give birth to up to 17 young. The skin is used to make drums in New Guinea. In Aboriginal language and culture The indigenous peoples of northern Australia often hunt these snakes as they are quite common. As the snakes are near immobilized without the support of water the hunters merely throw each newly caught snake on the bank and continue hunting until they have enough. In the Kunwinjku language of West Arnhem La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corallus Hortulanus
''Corallus hortulana'', commonly known as the Amazon tree boa, macabrel, common tree boa, and garden tree boa,Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. . is a boa species found in South America. No subspecies are currently recognized. Like all boas it is a non-venomous species. Description Adults grow to an average of 5 and 6.5 feet (1.5–2 m) in length.Burnie D, Wilson DE. 2001. Animal. Dorling Kindersley. 624 pp. . This species exhibits an immense variety of colors and patterns. The basic color can be anywhere from black, brown, or gray, to any shade of red, orange, yellow, or many colors in between. Some are totally patternless, while others may be speckled, banded, or saddled with rhomboid or chevron shapes. Some reds will have yellow patterns, some yellows red or orange patterns. Generally, there are two color 'phases' that are genetically inherited, but are not ontogenic as with the emerald tree boa (''C. caninus'') an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Edward Gray
John Edward Gray, FRS (12 February 1800 – 7 March 1875) was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of zoologist George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray (1766–1828). The same is used for a zoological name. Gray was keeper of zoology at the British Museum in London from 1840 until Christmas 1874, before the natural history holdings were split off to the Natural History Museum. He published several catalogues of the museum collections that included comprehensive discussions of animal groups and descriptions of new species. He improved the zoological collections to make them amongst the best in the world. Biography Gray was born in Walsall, but his family soon moved to London, where Gray studied medicine. He assisted his father in writing ''The Natural Arrangement of British Plants'' (1821). After being blackballed by the Linnean Society of London, Gray shifted his interest from botany to zoology. He began his zoologica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atractaspis Engaddensis
''Atractaspis engaddensis'', also known as "שרף עין גדי" (in Hebrew, pronounced "Saraf Ein Gedi") or "الأسود الخبيث" (in Arabic, pronounced "al'aswad alkhabith") is a venomous snake found in Egypt (Sinai Peninsula), Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia. The specific epithet references the type locality, Ein Gedi on the western shore of the Dead Sea. Description It is an extremely venomous and a dangerous snake native to the Middle East. Its body is usually dark black in color and it has small eyes with round pupils. The head and the tail are short and pointy which makes it harder even for veterans to distinguish head from tail. Its approximate size is 60–80 cm. This snake's fangs are able to be directed outside of its mouth, granting it the ability to side stab with a closed mouth. Feeding They prefer hatchling snakes but they can also eat small mammals like young rodents. Venom "Three isotoxins, named sarafotoxins S6a1, S6b and S6c, with st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amblyodipsas Unicolor
''Amblyodipsas unicolor'', commonly known as the western glossy snake or the western purple-glossed snake, is a species of rear-fanged snake in the family Atractaspididae. It is one of the better known species in the genus ''Amblyodipsas''. Geographic range It is Endemism, endemic to Africa. More specifically it is found in Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Niger, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda. Venom ''Amblyodipsas unicolor'' is venomous, and its venom could be lethal to small animals. However, it is considered harmless to humans. Description It is uniformly blackish brown, to which the specific epithet, ''unicolor'', refers. Adults may attain a total length of , with a tail long. Rostral large, the portion visible from above nearly as long as its distance from the frontal. Internasals much broader than long, much shorter than the prefrontals. Frontal 1½ to 1⅔ as long as broad, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert C
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Atractaspididae
The Atractaspididae (atractaspidids) are a family of venomous snakes found in Africa and the Middle East, commonly called mole vipers, stiletto snakes, or burrowing asps. Currently, 12 genera are recognized. Description This family includes many genera formerly classed in other families and subfamilies, on the basis of fang type. It includes fangless ( aglyphous), rear-fanged (opisthoglyphous), fixed-fanged (proteroglyphous), and viper-like (solenoglyphous) species. Early molecular and physiological data linking this subfamily to others were ambiguous and often contradictory, which means the taxonomy of this subfamily has been highly contentious. The nominate family, Atractaspididae, has itself been moved to and from other taxa, such as potentially forming a trichotomy with Elapidae and Colubridae, reinforcing the ambiguity of this subfamily. Geographic range This subfamily is found in Africa and the Middle East.Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anomochilus Leonardi
:''Common names: Leonard's pipe snake, Leonard's burrowing snake, Malayan giant blind snake.'' ''Anomochilus leonardi'' is a species of snake in the family Anomochilidae. The species is endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. No subspecies are recognized . Geographic range ''A. leonardi'' is found in Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo (Sabah). Its type locality is Sungei Ngeram, near Merapoh, Pahang. Etymology The specific name, ''leonardi'', is in honor of G.R. Leonard, collector of the holotype.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Anomochilus leonardi'', p. 155). Reproduction ''A. leonardi'' is oviparous. Conservation status ''A. leonardi'' is listed as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Athon Rossman
Douglas Athon "Dag" Rossman (July 4, 1936 – July 23, 2015) was a U.S. herpetologist specializing in garter snakes. He studied at the University of Florida, where he was awarded a Ph.D. in 1961.Photo from the University of Florida. URL last accessed 2010-01-21. He was a professor of at the in . He co-authored ''The Amphibians and Reptiles of Louisiana'' (), and also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anomochilidae
The Anomochilidae, or anomochilids, are a monotypic family of snakes, created for the genus ''Anomochilus'', which currently contains three species. It is commonly called the dwarf pipe snake. Description Anomochilids are small snakes, with museum specimens measuring up to in total length (including tail). The eyes are reduced, and there are no teeth on the premaxiila, pterygoid, or palatine. A tracheal lung is absent. Anomochilids retain some pelvic elements, indicated externally by cloacal spurs. The tails are relatively short. Females have two well developed oviducts. Anomochilids have white or yellow patterns against a darker reddish background. Behaviour and habitat Anomochilids are probably fossorial. Diet Cranial and dentary morphology suggests that anomochilids probably eat small invertebrates. Reproduction One of the museum specimens of ''Anomochilus'' was found to contain four eggs, suggesting oviparity, but nothing else is known of anomochilid reproduction or behav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anilius Scytale
The Aniliidae are a monotypic family created for the monotypic genus ''Anilius'' that contains the single species ''A. scytale''. Common names include American pipe snake and false coral snake. It is found in South America. This snake possesses a vestigial pelvic girdle that is visible as a pair of cloacal spurs. It is ovoviviparous. It is non-venomous, and its diet consists mainly of amphibians and other reptiles. Currently, two subspecies are recognized, including the typical form described here. Description This species is found in the Amazon rainforest of South America, the Guianas, and Trinidad and Tobago. It is a moderate-sized snake attaining a size of about in length. It is reported to be ovoviviparous and feeds on beetles, caecilians (burrowing amphibians), amphisbaenids (legless lizards), small fossorial snakes, fish, and frogs. It has a cylindrical body of uniform diameter and a very short tail; it is brightly banded in red and black and reduced eyes lie beneath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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