Knowra Snake Snake A snake is an elongate, limbless squamate reptile with no movable eyelids or external ear openings. Its flexible skull and body let it swallow large prey and move through varied habitats.
Snake locomotion : The ways snakes move using coordinated muscular contractions and contact with the ground or other surfaces. Concertina, lateral undulation, and other gaits show how a limbless body generates movement.
Squamata : The reptile order containing lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians. Snakes are one branch of this diverse group of scaled reptiles.
Snakebite : An injury caused by a snake’s bite, which may involve venom injection or mechanical damage. Bites from venomous species can cause serious injury and require timely medical care.
Lizard : A squamate reptile that typically has limbs, movable eyelids, and external ear openings, with exceptions. Lizards are snakes’ closest familiar relatives, but many retain features snakes lack.
Reticulated python : A large Southeast Asian python distinguished by a netlike pattern of dark and light markings. Its size and constriction exemplify a nonvenomous strategy for subduing large prey.
Snake skull : The flexible arrangement of bones and joints forming a snake’s head. Its mobile jaws and palate help snakes ingest prey wider than their heads.
Reptile : A vertebrate in the amniote lineage that includes turtles, crocodilians, tuataras, and squamates. Snakes share the defining evolutionary history of reptiles.
Antivenom : A biological medicine containing antibodies or antibody fragments that neutralize particular venoms. Antivenoms are used to treat systemic effects of bites from venomous snakes.
Legless lizard : A lizard lineage that has lost or greatly reduced its limbs. Legless lizards resemble snakes but commonly retain movable eyelids or external ear openings.
King cobra : A large venomous snake native to forests and other habitats across South and Southeast Asia. It specializes in eating other snakes and builds a nest for its eggs.
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