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The Bushmaster (Lachesis muta), celebrated throughout the Amazon as the surucucu and in Trinidad as the mute master of the woods, is the longest venomous snake in the Western Hemisphere and the second-longest viper in the world, surpassed in length only by the king...
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The Fer-de-lance (Bothrops asper), universally celebrated and feared throughout Central America as the terciopelo or ‘velvet skin’, is a large, highly venomous neotropical pit viper native to the lowland rainforests and agricultural foothills of Central...
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The Blood Python (Python brongersmai), historically known as the red short-tailed python or Brongersma’s short-tailed python in honor of Dutch herpetologist Leo Brongersma, is a magnificent, heavy-bodied non-venomous constrictor snake native to the tropical peat...
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Dumeril’s Boa (Acrantophis dumerili, also classified as Boa dumerili), named in honor of legendary French herpetologist André Marie Constant Duméril, is a stout, heavy-bodied non-venomous constrictor snake strictly endemic to the arid spiny forests and dry...
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The Kenyan Sand Boa (Eryx colubrinus, also classified as Gongylophis colubrinus), historically known as the East African sand boa, is a captivating, non-venomous fossorial boid snake native to the arid scrublands and sandy deserts of eastern Africa. Belonging to the...
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The Common Death Adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) is one of the most famous, formidable, and biologically fascinating venomous elapid snakes native to Australia. Despite belonging to the family Elapidae (which includes slender, active-hunting cobras, mambas, and...
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The Woma Python (Aspidites ramsayi), also known as the Ramsay’s python or sand python, is an iconic, exquisitely banded terrestrial snake native to the vast red sand dunes and arid spinifex deserts of central and western Australia. Belonging to the primitive...
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The Fox Snake (Pantherophis vulpinus), also known as the eastern foxsnake, is a large, handsome, nonvenomous ratsnake native to the prairies, river basins, and Great Lakes coastal marshes of North America’s Upper Midwest. Clothed in a striking pattern of bold...
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The Black Racer (Coluber constrictor), commonly known as the North American racer, is an iconic, lightning-fast nonvenomous colubrid snake that occupies a dominant position across open terrestrial habitats in North America. Sleek, jet-black, and exceptionally alert,...
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OverviewThe Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer) is one of the largest, most ecologically vital, and widespread non-venomous colubrid serpents in North America. Ranging across prairies, scrublands, and deserts from the Pacific Coast to the Great Plains, this powerful,...
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