SNAKES
Reptile     -      Vertebrate     -     Carnivore
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PARADISE TREE SNAKE
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CORAL SNAKE
Male: Snake
Female:  Snake
Young:  Snakelet, Hatchlet (newly hatched), Neonate (newborn)
SNAKES
There are over 2,000 species of snakes.
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  • Are predators and scavengers.
  • All ten species of the most venomous snakes live in Australia.
  • Eat amphibians, crustaceans, fish, insects, other reptiles, birds, eggs and mammals.
  • Are found on every continent except Antarctica.
  • Don't have eyelids and they have internal ears.
  • Are covered in scales.
  • Snakeskin is smooth and dry.
  • Shed their skins a number of times a year and each shedding can last a few days.
  • Smell with their tongues.
  • Cannot blink and don't have eyelids.
  • All snakes can swim and can stay under water for up to an hour.
  • Always keep their eyes open, even when they are asleep.
  • The mortality rate if bitten by a Black Mambo snake is over 95%.
  • the Black Mamba is not black.  It gets its name from the colour of the inside of its mouth.
  • The Burmese python's heart grows by 40% after a meal.
  • Its stomach acid can digest bones and teeth, but not fur or hair.
  • Baby Rattlesnakes are born in August and September.
  • The African Rock Python can survive 2 years without eating.
  • The Paradise Tree Snake flies (falls) from tree to tree.  It sucks in its belly and makes a U-shape with the length of its body, creating its own parachute.  
  • Cobras are able to kill with a bite as soon as they are born.
  • Cobras only need to eat once every couple of months.
  • There are no terrestrial snakes in New Zealand, although there are sea snakes.
  • Sea snakes are the most poisonous snakes in the world.
  • The oldest known snake fossil had four feet.
  • The Boa Constrictor monitors its victim's heart and stops squeezing when the victim stops beating.
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ADDER
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BLACK MAMBA
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GRASS SNAKE
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INDIAN RUSSEL'S VIPER
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A CARAMEL BURMESE PYTHON
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CORN SNAKE