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Simoselaps Calonotus
''Neelaps calonotos'', also known commonly as the black-striped burrowing snake, the black-striped snake, and the western black-striped snake, is a species of venomous burrowing snake endemic to Australia. The specific epithet ''calonotos'' ("beautiful-backed") refers to the patterning on the upper surface of the body. Description ''Neelaps calanotos'' rarely grows to a total length (including tail) of more than , and is considered to be Australia's smallest venomous snake. Females are larger than males. Dorsally, it is reddish-orange, with a narrow black stripe along the back. The belly is whitish. Three black patches cover the snout, top of the head, and the nape. Reproduction ''Neelaps calonotos'' is oviparous, with an average clutch size of four (range 2–6). Behaviour and diet ''Neelaps calonotos'' is nocturnal, staying in loose sand during the day and preying on small animals such as lizards at night. Geographic range and habitat ''Neelaps calonotos'' occurs in c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen Shannon Gaikhorst
A glen is a valley, typically one that is long and bounded by gently sloped concave sides, unlike a ravine, which is deep and bounded by steep slopes. Whittow defines it as a "Scottish term for a deep valley in the Highlands" that is "narrower than a strath".. The word is Goidelic in origin: ''gleann'' in Irish and Scottish Gaelic, ''glion'' in Manx. The designation "glen" also occurs often in place names. Etymology The word is Goidelic in origin: ''gleann'' in Irish and Scottish Gaelic, ''glion'' in Manx. In Manx, ''glan'' is also to be found meaning glen. It is cognate with Welsh ''glyn''. Examples in Northern England, such as Glenridding, Westmorland, or Glendue, near Haltwhistle, Northumberland, are thought to derive from the aforementioned Cumbric cognate, or another Brythonic equivalent. This likely underlies some examples in Southern Scotland. As the name of a river, it is thought to derive from the Irish word ''glan'' meaning clean, or the Welsh word ''gleindid'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snake
Snakes are elongated, limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes (). Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, enabling them to swallow prey much larger than their heads ( cranial kinesis). To accommodate their narrow bodies, snakes' paired organs (such as kidneys) appear one in front of the other instead of side by side, and most have only one functional lung. Some species retain a pelvic girdle with a pair of vestigial claws on either side of the cloaca. Lizards have independently evolved elongate bodies without limbs or with greatly reduced limbs at least twenty-five times via convergent evolution, leading to many lineages of legless lizards. These resemble snakes, but several common groups of legless lizards have eyelids and external ears, which snakes lack, although this rule is not universal (see Amphisbaenia, Dibamidae, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
