Description: Scientific name: Naja kaouthia Life span: 13–20 years A venomous cobra, the monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia), is also known as the monocellate cobra or the Indian spitting cobra. On the back of their hood, which is O-shaped or monocellate in shape, is the “spectacle” design, which consists of two circular ocelli joined by a […]
Description: Scientific name: Arizona elegans Life span: 10-20 years The medium-sized colubrid snake Arizona elegans is sometimes known as the shiny snake or the fading snake. They resemble gopher snakes in appearance, except they are smaller, have narrow, pointed heads, and have a variety of skin patterns and colors. The term “faded snakes” refers
Description: Scientific name: Erpeton tentaculatum Life span: 14 years The tentacle snake (Erpeton tentaculatum) is a kind of aquatic snake with rear-fanged teeth. They are known to exist in two colour phases: striped and blotched, both of which range from dark grey or brown to light tan. It spends its whole existence in gloomy water.
Description: Scientific name: Imantodes cenchoa Life span: Around 10 years Imantodes cenchoa is a species of mildly venomous, rear-fanged snake in the Colubridae family. The names blunt-head tree snake, fiddle-string snake, and mapepire corde violon also know it. Its lengthy, slender body and enormous head distinguish I. cenchoa. Its eye’s pupil is quite
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Description: Scientific name: Coelognathus helena Life span: 15+ years Medium-sized, slender body with shiny, smooth scales. Crossbands with black and white boxes on a chocolate brown background are seen on the body’s first half. Two black stripes go from the posterior half of the body all the way to the tail. White is
Description: Scientific name: Drymarchon couperi Life span: Up to 25 years in captivity A huge non-venomous snake species in the Colubridae family is called the eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi). The dorsal and lateral scales of these snakes are consistently blue-black, while the cheeks, chin, and throat of some individuals can vary from
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Description: Scientific name: Madagascarophis Life span: 15+ years A subgenus of small, hardly venomous snakes is called Madagascarophis. Little snakes, known as Madagascarophis species, rarely grow larger than 100 cm as adults. They come in a wide range of hues, including greys, browns, yellows, greens, and oranges with spots of a darker hue. Their
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Description: Scientific name: Drymarchon melanurus Life span: 20-30 years The dorsal scales of this species are primarily shiny olive brown and turn black at the tail. Olive-tan and lighter olive-yellow dominate the underside. A vertical black cut right behind the jaw, a heavy diagonal dark slash on both sides of the neck, and prominent dark
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Description: Scientific name: Psammophis sibilans Life span: 10 years Psammophis sibilans, a small to medium-sized Psammophiine snake, can grow to be approximately 140 cm long but typically grows to be somewhat shorter. The head is elegantly placed aside from the small neck, and the body is slim and graceful. The eyes are big
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Description: Scientific name: Mehelya crossi Life span: 15-20 years Sub-Saharan Africa is home to the colubrid snake species known as African file snakes. The term “African file snake” refers to the shape of the snake’s long, slender body, which is tapered at both ends and gives it the appearance of a “file.” They
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