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Snakes and allies

This room displays images of snakes and their relatives.

Diapsida - Lepidosauromorpha - Squamata - Serpentes

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Japanese Four-lined Ratsnake [1], Shimahebi or Elaphe quadrivirgata <Colubridae>. photo: 05/1996, Tokyo, Japan. Japanese Four-lined Ratsnake [2], Shimahebi or Elaphe quadrivirgata <Colubridae>. photo: 05/1999, Nagano, Japan. Japanese Ratsnake [1], Aodaisho or Elaphe climacophora <Colubridae>. photo: 07/2002, Tokyo, Japan.



Burrowing Ratsnake, Jimuguri or Elaphe conspicillata <Colubridae>. photo: 05/2003, Nagano, Japan. Tiger Keelback, Yamakagashi or Rhabdophis tigrinus <Colubridae>. photo: 05/2003, Nagano, Japan.

Japanese Ratsnake [2], Aodaisho or Elaphe climacophora <Colubridae>. photo: 05/2003, Nagano, Japan. Japanese Four-lined Ratsnake [3], Shimahebi or Elaphe quadrivirgata <Colubridae>. photo: 07/2004, Nagano, Japan. Oxybelis aeneus [1][2] <Colubridae>. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.

Japanese Mamushi [1(dead)], Nihon Mamushi or Gloydius blomhoffii <Viperidae>. photo: 05/2006, Kumamoto, Japan. Japanese Four-lined Ratsnake [4][5], Shima Hebi or Elaphe quadrivirgata <Colubridae>. photo: 05/2006, Kôchi, Japan. Banded Krait (dead), Kiiro Amagasa or Bungarus fasciatus <Elapidae>. photo: 08/2006, Doi Inthanon, Thailand.

Japanese Mamushi [2(flash movie)][3][4], Nihon Mamushi or Gloydius blomhoffii <Viperidae>. photo: 06/2007, Kyôto, Japan. African Rock Python [1][2], Afurika Nishiki Hebi or Python sebae <Pythonidae>. photo: 08/2007, Loango NP, Gabon. Black-tailed Rattlesnake [1][2][3][4], Kuro-o Garagarahebi or Crotalus molossus <Viperidae>. photo: 08/2008, Ramsey Canyon, Arizona, USA.

Coachwhip, or Masticophis flagellum <Colubridae>. photo: 08/2008, Chiricahuas, Arizona, USA. Mohave Rattlesnake [1][2][3][4], Mohabe Garagarahebi or Crotalus scutulatus <Viperidae>. photo: 08/2008, Chiricahuas, Arizona, USA. Mock Viper, Cha Madara Hebi or Psammodynastes pulverulentus <Colubridae>. photo: 11/2009, Taitung Province, Taiwan.

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exhibition rooms in this sector:

reptiles : geckos | iguanas & agamas | monitors | other lizards | snakes | turtles | crocodiles
amphibians : frogs | other amphibians
fishes : freshwater | seawater
spiders : web builders | jumping spiders | other wanderers | mites
molluscs : terrestrial | aquatic
others groups : crustaceans | land | seashore | planktons

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