Snakes, Nature

Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, enabling them to swallow prey much larger than their heads with their highly mobile jaws. Living snakes are found on every continent except Antarctica, and on most smaller land masses — exceptions include some large islands, such as Ireland and New Zealand, and many small islands of the Atlantic and central Pacific.

Four Myths and Realities About Snakes - Forest Preserves of Cook County

Florida Nature Facts #156 - Garter Snakes - Florida Nature Photography

Natural history

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It's In Your Nature: Snakes are not the bad guys – Times News Online

Nature & You: St. Patrick's Day, a celebration of a nation devoid of snakes

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Kansan has photographed 34 of state's 40 snake species

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