Snakes are remarkable creatures with some amazingly diverse abilities. With no arms, no legs and only their mouth to catch food and defend themselves, snakes are still able to thrive on every...
Category: Snakes
Horned-nose viper (vipera ammodytes) When you think of deadly snakes, you probably envision ones like the black mamba from Africa, the king cobra from Asia, or any number of snakes from...
One of the more intriguing snakes in the viper family is the puff adder. “Arietans” translates to “striking violently”, so just the scientific name alone, Bitis arietans, tells you this is...
You can see some differences between the green tree python on the left and the emerald tree boa on the right. To the untrained eye, green tree pythons and emerald tree boas may look exactly...
Picado's Jumping Pit Viper, Atropoides picadoi, is one of six species of snake in what is commonly referred to as the jumping pit viper family. While the range of the jumping pit viper stretches...
One of the most common topics I receive questions on, is snakes shedding their skin. People who have never owned a snake want to know how it works. New snake owners are always worried that...