How many types are Snakes ?

The Eastern Coral Snake is also called the American Cobra. It is very dangerous snake due to the potency of the venom that it releases.

The adults can be up to 8 feet in length. This makes them the biggest of all snakes found in Canada. Like other species of snakes the colors of this one work to allow it to blend in well with the surroundings.

One of the larger species of snakes in the world is the Burmese Python. It is ranked as the #6 largest of all snakes in the world.

Hydrophiinae have short and hollow fangs located near the front of the upper jaw. Their venom is made up of neurotoxins and mytotoxins. The fatal dose of their venom is about 1.5 milligram. Sea snakes however do not bite humans and are harmless unless provoked. Their poison is generally more toxic, as compared to venom from land snakes.

The Ball Python or Royal Python is one that many people are fascinated by. This is a non venomous type of snake. It is quite timid in comparison to many other types of Pythons.

Hydrophiinae  have short and hollow fangs located near the front of the upper jaw. Their venom is made up of neurotoxins and mytotoxins. The fatal dose of their venom is about 1.5 milligram. Sea snakes however do not bite humans and are harmless unless provoked. Their poison is generally more toxic, as compared to venom from land snakes.

The Ball Python or Royal Python is one that many people are fascinated by. This is a non venomous type of snake. It is quite timid in comparison to many other types of Pythons.

Hydrophiinae  have short and hollow fangs located near the front of the upper jaw. Their venom is made up of neurotoxins and mytotoxins. The fatal dose of their venom is about 1.5 milligram. Sea snakes however do not bite humans and are harmless unless provoked. Their poison is generally more toxic, as compared to venom from land snakes.

The Reticulated Python is large and very interesting to gaze at. They don’t have any venom and they are very seldom known to bite. However, they will wrap around a person though and suffocate them.

This family consists of a single species, known as the Mexican python. Known to grow to a maximum length of 1.57 meters, these snakes are muscular, with small eyes, narrow head and can be identified by their dark color and white scales. They are found throughout Mexico and in the Mexican Pacific.

The Garter Snake is one of the most well known. They often have very bright colors that make them attractive.

The Green Anaconda is the one of all species with the widest mass. This is a non venomous snake that only looks like it would be extremely dangerous.

The Water Moccasin Snake is a type of pit viper. They can give a bite that is very painful and it could be deadly.

The Green Tree Python lives in areas where most people will never get a chance to see one up close. They are very colorful though and that is what gains them lots of attention.

Nonvenomous yet deadly are the pythons or the Pythonidae family. These primordial beasts are ambush predators, who hunt sedately and kill by constriction and induced asphyxiation, like their cousins, the boas. They are found in Africa, throughout the Indian subcontinent, China, Hong Kong, Nicobar islands, Myanmar, Philippines and Indonesia

The Reticulated Python is the longest snake and the longest reptile on Earth. It can grow to a length of more than 28 feet! Being the top predators in their habitat, they prey on any animal, ranging from rabbits to deer and antelopes.

Localized in Brazil, West Indies and Mexico, the Tropidophiinae family or Dwarf Boas grow to only about 2 feet in length. They are nocturnal and mostly land-dwelling snakes, with a peculiar color changing ability. Two known defence mechanisms, demonstrated by these burrowing species are the ability to coil up into a compact ball when threatened and bleeding through eyes, mouth and nostrils.

Endemic to Sri Lanka, the Uropeltidae family, consists of 47 nonvenomous snake species. These land-dwelling snakes grow to a length of 20 cm to 75 cm and have the ability to dig through the soil, to create shelters for themselves. They feed on earthworms and other such small organisms. Their skin is covered with smooth scales and the body is cylindrical. They give birth to live young ones, being ovoviviparous in nature.

The Viperidae, commonly called vipers, are found all over the world except Madagascar, New Zealand, Hawaii and Australia. They have relatively long and hinged fangs. These fangs allow the vipers to penetrate deeper into the flesh. There are about four sub-families of Viperidae, the Azemiopinae, Vipernae, Crotalinae and the Causinae. Common Viperidae is vipers, rattlesnakes, cottonmouths, bushmasters, adders and copperheads. Viperid venoms have a number of proteases, which are protein-degrading enzymes. These proteases have symptoms like necrosis, blood loss, disruption of the blood clotting system and strong local swelling.

Consisting of just two species, the Xenopeltidae family consists of the Sunbeam snake and its cousin. Found in China, Vietnam, Southeast Asia and Indonesia, this snake gets its name from the peculiar feature of iridescent and polished scales that cover its body. These non-venomous snakes are known to grow up to a length of 3 feet. They are a fossorial species, known to inhabit forest slopes and kill their prey through constriction.

These are a family of nonvenomous snakes, also known as dawn blind or primitive blind snakes. Fifteen different species are known to exist within the Anomalepididae family and they are endemic to South and Central America. Characterized by blunt heads and tails, these are a small species of burrowing snakes. Since they spend most of their time underground, their eyes have become vestigial organs.

Known as thread snakes this family of 90 burrowing snake species is found throughout Asia, Africa and America. With an average maximum body length of 30 cm, these snakes have cylindrical bodies small, flat heads and polished scales.This oviparous species has an average length of only 10 cm, with the offspring only measuring a single centimeter! This family of snakes feeds on termites, ants and other insects.

The Barbados Threadsnake or Leptotyphlops carlae, which is found in the Caribbean is the smallest snake in the world. The maximum length this snake can grow up to is 4.09 inches. It belongs to the Leptotyphlopidae family.

Consisting 203 snake species, the Typhlopidae family is native to Asia, Africa and North, Central, as well as South America. These insect-feeding blind species of snakes are very small in size and spend most of their time in burrows. Grant's blind snake, Jerdon's worm snake and Puerto Rican wetland blind snake are some of the species, belonging to this family.

Snakes are some of the most intriguing creatures created out of the crucible of evolution. No man-made technology can match the amazing biological technology that naturally emerged out of evolution in snakes. Although a majority of the snakes are nonvenomous, they suffer the fate of getting killed when humans perceive them as a threat.