List of
snake
Snakes are elongated limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes (). Cladistically squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales much like other members of the group. Many species of snakes have s ...
s refers to a variety of different articles and different criteria. These are listed below.
Lists
General lists
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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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* Viperidae, Adder
** Common adder
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List of snakes by scientific name
Lists by special criteria
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List of pythonid species and subspecies
This is a list of all extant Genus, genera, species, and subspecies of the snakes of the Family (biology), family Pythonidae, otherwise referred to as pythonids or true pythons. It follows the Taxonomy (biology)#Alpha and beta taxonomy, taxonomy c ...
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List of Serpentes families
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List of viperine species and subspecies
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List of dangerous snakes
there are 3,971 known snake species with around 600 venomous species worldwide. This is an overview of the snakes that pose a significant health risk to humans, through snakebites or other trauma (medicine), physical trauma.
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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
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List of snakes in North Macedonia
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Snakes of Nigeria
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List of snakes of Spain
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List of snakes of Trinidad and Tobago
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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 commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with an ectothermic metabolism and Amniotic egg, amniotic development. Living traditional reptiles comprise four Order (biology), orders: Testudines, Crocodilia, Squamata, and Rhynchocepha ...
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Snakes
Snakes are elongated Limbless vertebrate, limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes (). Cladistically Squamata, squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping Scale (zoology), scales much like other members of ...
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Taxonomy
image:Hierarchical clustering diagram.png, 280px, Generalized scheme of taxonomy
Taxonomy is a practice and science concerned with classification or categorization. Typically, there are two parts to it: the development of an underlying scheme o ...
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