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Behold the rattlesnake's rattle, thought to be a warning device to other organisms
The rattle of a rattlesnake.
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Learn how the predatory pilot black snake strikes, suffocates, and consumes whole its rodent prey
The pilot black snake (Elaphe obsoleta) suffocates prey such as rats and...
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Observe a female black pilot snake hatch a clutch of eggs and a newborn use its egg tooth to hatch
The female pilot black snake (Elaphe obsoleta) lays a clutch of eggs in...
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Discover how the pilot black snake utilizes its ventral scales to glide through water, land, and trees
The pilot black snake (Elaphe obsoleta) uses its platelike scales to travel...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Watch a banded sand snake seem to swim under sand and a sidewinder snake sidewinding across the desert floor
The banded sand snake (Chilomeniscus cinctus) is adapted to burrowing, and...
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How rattlesnakes drink rain from their scales
How rattlesnake scales help them to sip rainwater from their bodies.
Video: © American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
See the University of Melbourne's Medical Museum and learn about venomous animals, particularly snakes and jellyfish, and the development of antivenins
A discussion of venomous animals—particularly snakes and jellyfish—in Australia and...
Video: © University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Images
Adam and Eve
“Adam and Eve,” detail by Giulio Clovio from the Book of Hours of Cardinal Alessandro...
Courtesy of the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York City
snake
Blunt-headed tree snake (Imantodes cenchoa).
Dade W. Thornton—The National Audubon Society Collection/Photo Researchers
Peringuey's sidewinding adder
Peringuey's sidewinding adder (Bitis peringueyi).
Michael Fogden/Bruce Coleman Ltd.
yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus)
Yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus).
©Jupiterimages—liquidlibrary/Getty Images Plus
snake scales
Wide ventral scales are visible on this hognose snake (Heterodon platyrhinus),...
Jack Dermid
tree viper
White-lipped tree viper (Trimeresurus albolabris).
© Rushen/Thai National Parks (www.thainationalparks.com/kaeng-krachan-national-park)
scarlet snake
Scarlet snake (Cemophora coccinea).
Hal H. Harrison—Grant Heilman/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
pit viper
Chinese green tree viper (Trimeresurus stejnegeri). Pit vipers have heat-detecting...
© Pedro Bernardo/Shutterstock.com
Jacobson's organ; vomeronasal organ
The process of chemoreception using the Jacobson's, or vomeronasal, organ.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)
Common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) is probably North America's most...
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reptilian heart types
Types of reptilian hearts: lizard, snake, crocodile, and turtle.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Tree of life illustrating the three-domain classification of life-forms
The tree of life according to the three-domain system of biological classification.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Interactives
suborder Serpentes
Snakes (suborder Serpentes). Click on an individual drawing to see a larger image.
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