#suborder_Serpentes__Serpentes__Ophidia__suborder_Ophidia  snakes
  supertype:  #animal_order  the order of animals
  member of:  #order_Squamata
  member:  #ophidian__snake__serpent  limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
  member:  #family_Colubridae__Colubridae  nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species
     member:  #colubrid_snake__colubrid  mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes
     member:  #genus_Carphophis__Carphophis  thunder snake
        member:  #thunder_snake__thundersnake__worm_snake__Carphophis_amoenus  small reddish wormlike snake of eastern United States
     member:  #genus_Diadophis__Diadophis  a genus of reptiles of the family Colubridae including ringneck snakes
        member:  #ringneck_snake__ring-necked_snake__ring_snake  any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck
     member:  #genus_Heterodon__Heterodon  a genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakes
        member:  #hognose_snake__hognosesnake__puff_adder__sand_viper  harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed
     member:  #genus_Phyllorhynchus__Phyllorhynchus  leaf-nosed snakes
        member:  #leaf-nosed_snake  any of various pale blotched snakes with a blunt snout of southwestern North America
     member:  #genus_Opheodrys__Opheodrys  North American green snakes
        member:  #grass_snake__grasssnake__green_snake__greensnake  either of two N. American chiefly insectivorous green snakes
     member:  #genus_Chlorophis__Chlorophis  African green snakes
        member:  #green_snake__greensnake  any of numerous African green snakes
     member:  #genus_Coluber__Coluber  racers
        member:  #racer  slender fast-moving North American snakes
        member:  #horseshoe_whipsnake__Coluber_hippocrepis  slender fast-moving Eurasian snake
     member:  #genus_Masticophis__Masticophis  whipsnakes
        member:  #whipsnake__whip_snake  any of several fast-moving North American snakes with long whiplike tails
     member:  #genus_Elaphe__Elaphe  North American rat snakes
        member:  #corn_snake__red_rat_snake__redratsnake__Elaphe_guttata  large harmless snake of southeastern United States; often on farms
        member:  #black_rat_snake__blackratsnake__blacksnake__pilot_blacksnake__pilotblacksnake__mountain_blacksnake__Elaphe_obsoleta  large harmless shiny black North American snake
        member:  #chicken_snake__chickensnake  large North American snake
     member:  #genus_Ptyas__Ptyas  Asian rat snakes
        member:  #Indian_rat_snake__Ptyas_mucosus  enter buildings in pursuit of prey
     member:  #genus_Arizona__Arizona  glossy snake
        member:  #glossy_snake__Arizona_elegans  nocturnal burrowing snake of western United States with shiny tan scales
     member:  #genus_Pituophis__Pituophis  bull snakes
        member:  #bull_snake  any of several large harmless rodent-eating North American burrowing snakes
     member:  #genus_Lampropeltis__Lampropeltis  king snakes and milk snakes
        member:  #king_snake  any of numerous nonvenomous North American constrictors; feed on other snakes and small mammals
     member:  #genus_Thamnophis__Thamnophis  garter snakes
        member:  #garter_snake__grass_snake__grasssnake  any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North and Central American snakes
     member:  #genus_Tropidoclonion__Tropidoclonion  lined snakes
        member:  #lined_snake__Tropidoclonion_lineatum  secretive snake of city dumps and parks as well as prairies and open woods; feeds on earthworms; of central United States
     member:  #genus_Sonora__Sonora  ground snakes
        member:  #ground_snake__Sonora_semiannulata  small shy brightly-ringed terrestrial snake of arid or semiarid areas of western North America
     member:  #genus_Potamophis__Potamophis  ground snakes
        member:  #eastern_ground_snake__Potamophis_striatula__Haldea_striatula  in some classifications placed in genus Haldea; small reddish-gray snake of eastern North America
     member:  #genus_Haldea__Haldea  ground snakes
     member:  #genus_Natrix__Natrix  water snakes; a cosmopolitan genus
        member:  #common_water_snake__banded_water_snake__Natrix_sipedon__Nerodia_sipedon  in some classifications placed in the genus Nerodia; western United States snake that seldom ventures far from water
        member:  #water_moccasin__watermoccasin  any of numerous North American water snakes inhabiting fresh waters
     member:  #genus_Nerodia__Nerodia  North American water snakes
     member:  #genus_Storeria__Storeria  a genus of Colubridae
        member:  #red-bellied_snake__redbelliedsnake__Storeria_occipitamaculata  harmless woodland snake of southeastern United States
     member:  #genus_Chilomeniscus__Chilomeniscus  sand snakes
        member:  #sand_snake  small North American burrowing snake
     member:  #genus_Tantilla__Tantilla  black-headed snakes
        member:  #black-headed_snake  small secretive ground-dwelling snake; found from central United States to Argentina
     member:  #genus_Oxybelis__Oxybelis  vine snakes
        member:  #vine_snake  slender arboreal snake found from southern Arizona to Bolivia
     member:  #genus_Trimorphodon__Trimorphodon  lyre snakes
        member:  #lyre_snake  mildly venomous snake with a lyre-shaped mark on the head; found in rocky areas from southwestern United States to Central America
     member:  #genus_Hypsiglena__Hypsiglena  night snakes
        member:  #night_snake__Hypsiglena_torquata  nocturnal prowler of western United States and Mexico
     member:  #genus_Drymarchon__Drymarchon  a genus of Colubridae
  member:  #family_Typhlopidae__Typhlopidae  blind snakes
  member:  #family_Leptotyphlopidae__Leptotyphlopidae  blind snakes
     member:  #blind_snake__blindsnake__worm_snake  wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes
     member:  #genus_Leptotyphlops__Leptotyphlops  blind snakes of Asia and Africa and Americas
        member:  #western_blind_snake__westernblindsnake__Leptotyphlops_humilis  burrows among roots of shrubs and beneath rocks in desert and rocky hillside areas and beach sand of western United States
  member:  #family_Boidae__Boidae  boas and pythons
     member:  #boa  any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs
     member:  #genus_Charina__Charina  boas of western North America
        member:  #rubber_boa__tow-headed_snake__Charina_bottae  boa of grasslands and woodlands of western North America; looks and feels like rubber with tail and head of similar shape
     member:  #genus_Lichanura__Lichanura  boas of western North America
        member:  #rosy_boa__Lichanura_trivirgata  boa of rocky desert of southwestern United States
     member:  #genus_Eunectes__Eunectes  anacondas
        member:  #anaconda__Eunectes_murinus  large arboreal boa of tropical South America
     member:  #subfamily_Pythoninae__Pythoninae  Old World boas: pythons; in some classifications considered a separate family from Boidae
        member:  #python  large Old World boas
        member:  #genus_Python  Old World boas
           member:  #reticulated_python__reticulatedpython__Python_reticulatus  of southeast Asia and East Indies; the largest snake in the world
           member:  #Indian_python__Python_molurus  very large python of southeast Asia
           member:  #rock_python__rock_snake__Python_sebae  very large python of tropical and southern Africa
  member:  #family_Elapidae__Elapidae  cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes
     member:  #elapid_snake__elapid  any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres
     member:  #genus_Micrurus__Micrurus  coral snakes
        member:  #eastern_coral_snake__easterncoralsnake__Micrurus_fulvius  ranges from Central America to southeastern United States
     member:  #genus_Micruroides__Micruroides  coral snakes
        member:  #western_coral_snake__westerncoralsnake__Micruroides_euryxanthus  ranges from Central America to southwestern United States
     member:  #genus_Calliophis__Calliophis__Callophis__genus_Callophis  Asian coral snakes
        member:  #Asian_coral_snake  of India
     member:  #genus_Aspidelaps__Aspidelaps  African coral snakes
        member:  #African_coral_snake__Aspidelaps_lubricus  small widely distributed arboreal snake of southern Africa banded in black and orange
     member:  #genus_Rhynchoelaps__Rhynchoelaps  Australian coral snakes
        member:  #Australian_coral_snake__Rhynchoelaps_australis  small venomous but harmless snake marked with black-and-white on red
     member:  #genus_Denisonia__Denisonia  copperheads
        member:  #Denisonia_superba__copperhead  venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia
     member:  #genus_Naja__Naja  cobras
        member:  #Indian_cobra__Naja_naja  of tropical Africa and Asia
        member:  #asp__Egyptian_cobra__Naja_haje  cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death
        member:  #black-necked_cobra__spitting_cobra__Naja_nigricollis  aggressive cobra widely distributed in Africa; rarely bites but spits venom that may cause blindness
     member:  #genus_Ophiophagus__Ophiophagus  king cobra
        member:  #king_cobra__hamadryad__Ophiophagus_hannan__Naja_hannah  large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja
     member:  #genus_Hemachatus__Hemachatus  ringhals
     member:  #genus_Dendroaspis__Dendroaspis__Dendraspis__genus_Dendraspis  mambas
        member:  #mamba  arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal
     member:  #genus_Acanthophis__Acanthophis  Australian elapid snakes
        member:  #death_adder__Acanthophis_antarcticus  venomous Australian snake resembling an adder
     member:  #genus_Notechis__Notechis  tiger snakes
        member:  #tiger_snake__Notechis_scutatus  highly venomous brown-and-yellow snake of Australia and Tasmania
     member:  #genus_Pseudechis__Pseudechis  venomous Australian blacksnakes
        member:  #Australian_blacksnake__Pseudechis_porphyriacus  large semiaquatic snake of Australia; black above with red belly
     member:  #genus_Bungarus__Bungarus  kraits
        member:  #krait  brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of southeastern Asia and Malay peninsula
     member:  #genus_Oxyuranus__Oxyuranus  taipans
        member:  #taipan__Oxyuranus_scutellatus  large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia
  member:  #family_Hydrophidae__Hydrophidae  sea snakes
     member:  #sea_snake__seasnake  any of numerous venomous aquatic viviparous snakes having a fin-like tail; of warm littoral seas; feed on fish which they immobilize with quick-acting venom
  member:  #family_Viperidae__Viperidae  Old World vipers
     member:  #viper  venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw
     member:  #genus_Vipera__Vipera  type genus of the Viperidae
        member:  #common_viper__adder__Vipera_berus  small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia
        member:  #asp_viper__aspviper__asp__Vipera_aspis  of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
     member:  #genus_Bitis__Bitis  a genus of Viperidae
        member:  #puff_adder__Bitis_arietans  large African viper that inflates its body when alarmed
        member:  #gaboon_viper__Bitis_gabonica  large heavy-bodied brilliantly marked and extremely venomous west African viper
     member:  #genus_Cerastes__Aspis__genus_Aspis  horned vipers
        member:  #horned_viper__cerastes__sand_viper__horned_asp__Cerastes_cornutus  highly venomous viper of North Africa and southwest Asia having a horny spine above each eye
  member:  #family_Crotalidae__Crotalidae  New World vipers: pit vipers
     member:  #pit_viper__pitviper  New World vipers with hollow fangs and a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head
     member:  #genus_Agkistrodon__Agkistrodon__Ancistrodon__genus_Ancistrodon  copperheads
        member:  #copperhead__Agkistrodon_contortrix  common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States
        member:  #cottonmouth__water_moccasin__watermoccasin__cottonmouth_moccasin__cottonmouthmoccasin__agkistrodonpiscivoru  venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States
     member:  #rattlesnake  pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken
     member:  #genus_Crotalus__Crotalus  large rattlesnakes; seldom bite unless startled or pursuing prey
        member:  #timber_rattlesnake__banded_rattlesnake__Crotalus_horridus_horridus  widely distributed in rugged ground of eastern United States
        member:  #prairie_rattlesnake__prairie_rattler__Western_rattlesnake__Crotalus_viridis  widely distributed between the Mississippi and the Rockies
        member:  #horned_rattlesnake__sidewinder__Crotalus_cerastes  small pale-colored desert rattlesnake of southwestern United States; body moves in an S-shaped curve
        member:  #Western_diamondback_rattlesnake__Western_diamondback__Crotalus_atrox  largest and most dangerous North American snake; of southwestern United States and Mexico
        member:  #rock_rattlesnake__Crotalus_lepidus  mountain rock dweller of Mexico and most southern parts of United States southwest
        member:  #tiger_rattlesnake__tigerrattlesnake__Crotalus_tigris  having irregularly cross-banded back; of arid foothills and canyons of southern Arizona and Mexico
        member:  #Mojave_rattlesnake__Crotalus_scutulatus  extremely dangerous; most common in areas of scattered scrubby growth; from Mojave Desert to w. Texas and into Mexico
        member:  #speckled_rattlesnake__Crotalus_mitchellii  markings vary but usually harmonize with background; of sw Arizona and Baja California
     member:  #genus_Sistrurus__Sistrurus  pygmy rattlesnakes
        member:  #massasauga_rattler__massasauga__Sistrurus_catenatus  pygmy rattlesnake found in moist areas from the Great Lakes to Mexico; feeds on mice and small amphibians
     member:  #genus_Bothrops__Bothrops  fer-de-lance
        member:  #fer-de-lance__Bothrops_atrops  large extremely venomous pit viper of Central and South America

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