List of
snakes
Snakes are elongated, limbless, carnivorous 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 joi ...
refers to a variety of different articles and different criteria. these are listed below.
Lists
General lists
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Snake#Taxonomy
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List of reptile genera#Order Squamata
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List of snakes by common name
This is a list of extant snakes, given by their common names. Note that the snakes are grouped by name, and in some cases the grouping may have no scientific basis.
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List of snakes by scientific name
Lists by special criteria
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List of pythonid species and subspecies
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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 S ...
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List of viperine species and subspecies
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List of dangerous snakes
As of 2022, there are 3,971 snake species, there are around 600 venomous snake species in the world, and about 200 are able to kill a human. This is an overview of the snakes that pose a significant health risk to humans, through snakebites or ot ...
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List of largest snakes
The largest living snakes in the world, measured either by length or by weight, are various members of the Boidae and Pythonidae families. They include anacondas, Python (genus), pythons and boa constrictors, which are all non-venomous
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List of snakes of Jordan
Snake species found in Jordan (45 species) include:
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Snakes
Snakes are elongated, limbless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote ...
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List of snakes in North Macedonia
This is a list of snakes in North Macedonia. In the country there are 16 species of snakes, of which three are venomous.
Snakes
In North Macedonia there are 16 species of snakes:Snakes of Nigeria
A number of snake species occur in Nigeria. Of these only two are endemic to the country: '' Gonionotophis egbensis'', a file snake, and '' Tricheilostoma greenwelli'', a threadsnake.
Species
Venomous
Venomous species occurring in Nigeria are i ...
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List of snakes of Spain
This is a list of all reptiles living in Spain, both in the Iberian Peninsula and other territories such as Ceuta, Melilla, the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands (including marine reptiles that can be found on its shores). Both native an ...
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List of snakes of Trinidad and Tobago
Forty-seven species of snake have been recorded in Trinidad and Tobago, making the snake population of this area the most diverse in the Caribbean. Forty-four of these snake species are found in Trinidad and twenty-one in Tobago. Many of these ...
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:Lists of snakes of the United States (lists by U.S. state)
See also
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Reptiles
Reptiles, as most commonly defined are the animals in the Class (biology), class Reptilia ( ), a paraphyletic grouping comprising all sauropsid, sauropsids except birds. Living reptiles comprise turtles, crocodilians, Squamata, squamates (lizar ...
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Snakes
Snakes are elongated, limbless, carnivorous 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 joi ...
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Taxonomy
Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification.
A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types. ...
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