Known as Common Garter snakes founded in North America .They have a yellow strips with brown or green background.their length is round about 55cm (22inch) and maximum aboout 137 cm (54 inch).their average body size is 150 gram.it is active in summer morning or late afternoon but in cold season it stops its activities to the warm afternoons.Its silivia is a toxis for the amphibians and other small animals but for human bieng its not dangerous but it can cause to them a little itching burning and swelling.The Female snakes GIve 12 to 40 birth to young from july to october They live in forests ,fields ,ponds,prairies to streams ,wet lands meadows and marshes or near water.They eat amphibians ,earthworms ,fish ,small birds and rodents .Its main threats are Water contamination ,urban expansion,resedential and industrial developments.
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Thursday, 29 November 2012
Thamnophis sirtalis (Non-Venomous)
Known as Common Garter snakes founded in North America .They have a yellow strips with brown or green background.their length is round about 55cm (22inch) and maximum aboout 137 cm (54 inch).their average body size is 150 gram.it is active in summer morning or late afternoon but in cold season it stops its activities to the warm afternoons.Its silivia is a toxis for the amphibians and other small animals but for human bieng its not dangerous but it can cause to them a little itching burning and swelling.The Female snakes GIve 12 to 40 birth to young from july to october They live in forests ,fields ,ponds,prairies to streams ,wet lands meadows and marshes or near water.They eat amphibians ,earthworms ,fish ,small birds and rodents .Its main threats are Water contamination ,urban expansion,resedential and industrial developments.
Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis (Non-Venomous)
Known as Garter snake.These are found from Alasaka canada to Central america .They are spreaded through out the North America .They are carnivours like other snakes.They eat slugs, earthworms, leeches, lizards, amphibians,ants,frogs eggs,toads and rodents.when they are near the water they eat Aquitic animals.They can findother snakes by following their pheromeyn sented trails .These snake go to brumation before mate they do not eat anything about two weeks before mating to clear their stomach and they start mating as they come from brumation soon.Baby garter snake shed their skin immediatly and start eating.
Atheris hispida (Venomous)
Known as Rough Scale bush Viper , spiny bush viper,hairy bush viper.It is found in Central africa,south west Uganda ,west kenya .It calls by this name because of its kneeled scales which give him bristly appearance .The male snakes grows to maximum 73 cm length (body 58cm,tail 15 cm) while female grows of 58 cm.these snakes are capable of climbing reeds and stalks and their this species is often found in top of the flowers and terminal leaves .They eat mammals frog lizards and birds .Their female give birth up to 15 new young and they are about 15cm in length.
Naja pallida (Venomous)
Known as red spitting cobra.The length of this medium size cobra 0.7 to 1.2 meter which is 2.3 to 3.9 ft but it may be grow to 1.5 meter which is 4.9 fit in every rare cases.it is usually had a bright solman red contrasted with abroad black throat band and subboclar marks.it is located in africa and different species of this snake has different colours in different areas as like the species from southern keniya and northern tanzaniya have orange red colour with dark blue band.its dorcal scale on mid bodies are 21 to 27 and its ventrals are 197 to 228 and sub caudals are 61 to 72 rows basically its subscale are paired and its anal scale is single .It is also located in east africa which include dijibuti ,eriteria,southern egypt ,somalia ,northern and eastrn ethopia .it is also found in dry country like keniya.These cobras are very fast and allert and they are more active during the day.the bigger snakes like to hid in big holes or grounds to cover them in all the day.when threaten the cobra pull him up and display his typical cobra hood.their dite includes of frogs ,toads birds and other snakes.the female cobra lay 6 to 15 eggs.
Dendroaspis polylepis (Venomous)
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Diadophis punctatus (Non-Venomous)
Known as Ring neck snakes .They are found in hout eastern and central north america .Their range extend from nova scotia ,Southern cubic and Ontario to South central Quibic and Ontario to south Central mexico and cover the entire Sea board except for areas along the gulf .They like areas with abundant hidding place but they occir a very huge varaity of hebitats.They need moistend soils and need 27 to 29 degrees provoding optimal conditions . Normally the northern and western snakes to cover them under stones or with the loose bark of the trees which are dead or woodland near rocky hills.Their dorsum blue grey to light brown to greenish gray but it is always solid except of its distinctive golden ring around his neck .Their length are 25.5 cm to 46 cm.female ringneck snakes reach an average 20 cm in first year which represt a 60 percent increase in their length in second year they grow 24.5cm and in third year they reach to 29 cm.Pheromones which release from the sking of femake ring neck snakes are attract the male in season of mating.Its longest recorded life is 6years and two months.They are only active at night .they communicate other cnakes by touching rubbing and head nuzzlings .They eat small slamenders ,lizards and frogs ,earthworms and juvenile snakes of other species .When the ring neck snakes are alarmed their tailed is coiled and raised towards the intruders .
Heterodon platirhinos (Non-Venomous)
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