Snakes in the News
Having discovered a fondness for insects while pursuing her degree in Biology, Randi Jones was quite bugged to know that people usually dismissed these little creatures as “creepy-crawlies”.
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Garter Snake
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Colubridae Subfamily: Colubrinae Genus: Coluber Species: C. constrictor Binomial name: Coluber constrictor The Garter snake belongs to the Colubrid genus. They are fairly distributed throughout North America. You can find them in…
Glass Snake
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Lacertilia Family: Anguidae Subfamily: Anguinae Genus: Ophisaurus Glass Snakes belong to the genus Ophisaurus, which, in Greek, means Snake lizards. This is not surprising since glass snakes are not really snakes. They are lizards! Most species…
Top 10 Most Venomous Snakes on the Planet
Snakes were brought into this world during the middle Cretaceous period roughly 100 million years ago. Since then, many of these species have evolved into the worlds deadliest animals. There are two primary groups of snakes, those that are venomous, and those that are non-venomous constrictors. In this list, we’ll be going over the top…
Diamondback Rattlesnake
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Viperidae Subfamily: Crotalinae Genus: Crotalus Crotalus, called diamondback rattlesnake is a variety of poisonous pit viper available only on the continent of America extending from southern Canada to northern Argentina. This snake earned its…
Rattle Snake
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Viperidae Subfamily: Crotalinae To survive on our planet, one species has to depend on another. So too, the rattlesnake and the humans, have to find a way out of the terrible and fearful mutual relationship…
Bothrops Asper
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Viperidae Subfamily: Crotalinae Genus: Bothrops Species: B. asper Binomial name: Bothrops asper Bothrops Asper is the name of a highly venomous pit viper species commonly found in regions ranging from Southern Mexico…