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This
snake can be many colors with a powdery look on its skin.
It also has diamond-shaped markings from the head to the tail.
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Size
of average adult is usually less than 30 inches in length.
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Small
rodents, birds and whip-tail lizards
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Kills
prey with venom but prey is digested before the snake starts to eat.
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Will
not attack unless provokes, no natural enemies
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Males
fight for attention from females, they twist their bodies around each other and
try to down.
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Mating
starts at 4-5 years old and give birth to 5-15 young
· They live in tropical desert, 230 wild, habitat being destructed
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These
snakes have gray and brown bands with black markings. Their pupils are vertical.
·
Size
of average adult is 4-6 feet in length
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Small
mammals
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Kills
prey by constriction on the ground
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Believed
to be a nocturnal predator
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These
snakes mate from March to May and give birth in January
· Live in dry forest, no known numbers of snake left in wild, habitat being destroyed for agricultural purposes
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The
background color is usually a deep tan, reddish-brown or olive with many black
or partially black scales. The tail is mostly black.
·
Size
of average adult is 6.5 feet
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Small
mammals (rodents and bats) and small birds
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Kills
its prey by constriction
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Nocturnal
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Lives
on ground and in trees
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Mates
February to early April and give birth from October to December
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Moist
limestone forests, also found in rock cracks, caves and trees
in Jamaica and Goat Island, do not know amount in wild, endangered
because forests being cleared and hunted by other animals
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These
snakes are gray with circular, black-bordered, brown to orange spots. There is a
pair of tear drop shaped black spots at the base of the head.
·
Size
of average adult is 24-30 inches
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Small
mammals, birds and lizards
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Kills
its prey with its venom
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Mainly
nocturnal but can be active during the day
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Mates
between March and May and give birth during July or August
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They
live in rocky, grassy mountains at elevations 5250 to 6230 feet located near
Lake Urmia in northwest Iran and Turkey, no numbers known in wild.
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These
snakes are gray to light brown with dark gray or brown crossbands. The
crossbands are narrow on the back and wide on the sides of the body. The head is
gray, brown or reddish. Its belly is white with large dark gray, brown or black
blotches on the edges extending up the sides of the body.
·
Size
of average adult is 24 - 36 inches.
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Insects,
frogs, toads, lizards and small birds
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Active
during the day in spring and fall, sits coiled waiting for prey
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Active
at night during summer, prowls for food
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Breeding
season is April – August, give birth to about 5 at a time and the young have
venom at birth.
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Habitat:
rocky hillsides of deciduous forests near streams and ponds in mid-Atlantic,
southeast and south-central United States
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The
head, body and tail are a greenish-gray to brown with dark brown blotches on the
back. The belly is grayish-white. The tail has a rattle.
·
Size
of average adult is 35 - 45 inches long.
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Rats,
mice, gophers and young prairie dog
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Retreats
to burrows during hot day temperatures and during cold winter temperatures
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Active
during the day from April to October
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Aggressive
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Mates
in early spring and produces young every other year averaging 11 and young are
venomous at birth.
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They
live in rocky canyons or open prairie where there is a lot of small burrows
usually in the western United States.
·
Head
and body are pinkish-gray to yellowish-brown with a pattern of dark bands on the
back and a grayish-white belly. The tail is black with a rattle.
·
Size
of average adult is 3-4.5 feet
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Mice,
rats, squirrels, rabbits, bats and other small mammals
·
Active
during the day in spring and fall
·
Active
at night in summer
·
Retreats
into burrows in winter
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Spends
long periods of time coiled waiting for prey
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Mates
in spring and has offspring every other year with 10 in a litter and young are
venomous at birth
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They
live in heavily vegetated, rocky forested hillsides mostly in the eastern half
of the United States
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The
head, body and tail of these rattlesnakes are gray or light brown with dark gray
or brown blotches on the back and tail. The belly is white or cream with brown
or gray blotches along the edges. The tail has a rattle.
·
Size
of average adult is 18 - 26 inches long.
·
Frogs,
lizards, other snakes and rodents
·
Active
during the day in spring and fall
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Active
at night during the summer
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Spends
much of its time laying in the sun waiting for food
·
Mates
in spring and fall, gives birth to 5-13 young in litter and young are venomous
at birth
·
They
live in dry, open prairie and rocky prairie hillsides found in the south central
and Great Lakes area of the United States
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These
snakes are cream to brownish on top with a series of saddle-like bands, the
markings become wider toward the tail and color intensifies to deep red-brown
edged with black and cream. The flanks show irregular rhombic patterns. The
whole body, including the belly, is splashed with dark spots.
·
Size
of average adult is 6.5 –11.5 feet long and weighs 30-40 pounds
·
They
live about 30 years in captivity
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Small
mammals, birds and lizards
·
They
live in the trees
·
Catch
prey by waiting or sneaking up on it
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Kill
prey by constriction - coils restrain prey, coils tighten as prey exhales and
eventually suffocates
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Egg
develops in the female and is covered by membrane not a shell.
The young break membrane before or during birth. Females give birth to
8-60 and larger females can give birth to more
·
The
live on the edge of deserts to dense, wet jungles and can be found in Argentina
to southern Mexico
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This
boa has an olive green coloration with brown spots, pupils are vertical
·
Size
of average adult can be as long as 8 feet and up to 10 pounds
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Small
mammals
·
They
are nocturnal and live on the ground but will relax in trees during the day
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Mate
at 4-6 years, female gives birth to 1-16 young, young are 6-5 inches long and
weigh about 1 ounce
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They
live in the tropical rainforest, Madagascar
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Problems
due to habitat destruction
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One of
the largest venomous snakes, it is gray and brown with large diamond-shaped
blotches on the back. A slender, burr-like arrangement of scales at the tip of
the tail makes a sound like a rattlesnake when the snake is disturbed. The head
has large venom glands and unusually long fangs.
·
Size
of average adult is up to 12 feet long
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Mammals
·
Quiet
and shy
·
Injects
large amounts of a weak venom
·
Heat-seeking
pits on the head reacts to changes as little as 0.002 degrees Celsius and can
find prey whose temperatures is different from surroundings by as little as 0.1
degrees Celsius
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This
is the only viper in the Americas that lays eggs
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It
lives in forests and tropics in Central and South America
·
These
constrictors are leaf green with flecks of blue, white or yellow with a broken
stripe of yellow or white down the back. The head is so large it looks
disproportionate to the width of the body. The crown of the head is covered with
small, irregular scales.
·
Size
of average adult is 6.5 feet long
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Mostly
small mammals and reptiles, some birds
·
Lives
in trees and rests on straight branch coiled in a lot of loops with head resting
in the center
·
Hunt
in trees
·
Female
lays about 15 eggs on forest floor and within few days of hatching, young look
to find safety in trees.
·
They
live in the rainforests of New Guinea and adjacent islands, Cape York Peninsula,
Australia and Aru Island
·
One of
the largest pythons, these snakes are tan to purplish-brown with a chain of dark
angular markings above. The head is yellowish with a dark, thin line and the
belly is yellow or white.
·
Size
of average adult is over 20 feet long
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Chickens,
pigs, goats, monkeys and small deer
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Mostly
live in the trees but are also good swimmers
·
Show a
preference for living near human settlements
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Female
lays large number of eggs and keeps them warm by “shivering” to keep
temperature 10-12 degrees F higher then surrounding temperature.
The young are over 2 feet long when hatched and can grow up to 2 feet per
year
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They
live in the rainforests of southeast Asia, Philippines and parts of the
Indonesian Islands.
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Background
color yellowish with dark brown markings near head and brown to russet markings
near tail. The belly is marked with black. They are related to Kansas bull
snakes and closely resemble them.
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Size
of average adult is 48-56 inches
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Baird's
pocket gophers, occasionally eastern moles and mice
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These
snakes are not nocturnal
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Closely
related & similar to bull snakes in Kansas
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Mate
in the spring, eggs hatch in fall, hatchlings are largest in North America
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They
live where it is sandy or in longleaf pine woods, in west central Louisiana and
east Texas
·
Only
know of 75 in wild due to habitat destruction
·
Also
known as twig mimic snakes, these snakes have a feeling structure on the tip of
the snout. In males it is a round spike-shaped structure, but in females looks
like a fleshy leaf. Males are a light brown above and yellow below with a white
line between the 2 colors, and females are gray-brown with darker speckles. The
long, slender body looks like a vine when it is in the trees. Posses a venom
that can be injected through small fangs in the rear of the mouth.
·
Size
of average adult is 3 feet long
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Tree
frogs, small birds and chameleons
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The
nose area is thought to help camouflage
·
Usually
rest among vines and thin branches not moving
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Active
only for about an hour under the hottest midday sun
·
Mates
November- December and are thought to lay eggs
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They
live in tropical forest in Madagascar