Types of Snakes
Snakes seem to be those reptiles that seem to be all over, name the place and I am sure you would find them. There are even some of them who have being living in those areas and places that are impossible to live in. there have been many of them that live in those sun scorching deserts and barren lands in the U.S. and these creatures have been found even in those icy mountains and valley that remain covered with ice all throughout the year.
These creatures have really set a perfect example of adaptability and struggle as they have been present on the planet even before humans could walk this earth. There have been many experts that believe that the snake could be the first reptile to crawl on this planet. However, they are many myths and rumors that have been associated with this animal. Sometimes they have been regarded to be closely associated with the devil while in some countries like India they have been treated as the locomotives that these Indian Gods and Goddess used to travel upon.
Generally, they have always been thought to be venomous but the fact is something different. There are some snakes that are venomous and there are some that are not. And one can easily recognize these venomous snakes because of their long and sharp fangs. These could be the first signs to show that these snakes are venomous, while there other counterparts who are non venomous are not so.
Venomous snakes are classified and categorized into four different categories such as the Elapids, the Colubrids, the Vipers and lastly the Hydrophiidae. The elapids are usually found in the tropical and the sub tropical regions of the world and they have fixed hollow fangs which they use to bite their prey and simultaneously inject that venom in its body. These venom fangs are like those hypodermic needles and the syringes and they usually have a hole in them so that the venom can be injected in the prey’s body.
Their size could be anywhere around eighteen or twenty centimeters to 6 meters in length and there are about two hundred and thirty different species of snakes that belong to this category. The most prominent ones among them are the King cobra, the Black Mamba and the Australian Copperheads. These can have both neurotoxin and hem toxins that have the ability to kill down their prey, usually including rodents and other small reptiles.
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