### animal | vertebrate | reptile | snake | colubrid | whipsnake:

Striped whipsnake
* are fast, active daytime hunters.
* seem to prefer temperatures from seventy five to ninety nine degrees Fahrenheit.

Worm snake
* appear to mate in the fall.
* feed almost entirely on earthworms.

Common garter snake
* have color patterns.
* have distinct color patterns
  - heads
* survive conditions
  - environmental conditions
* survive extreme conditions

### animal | vertebrate | reptile | snake:

Coral snake
* All coral snakes are shy , secretive animals , and are nocturnal.
* Most coral snakes belong to families.
* are an exception
  - elapids
  - in the same family with cobras
  - nocturnal and reclusive
  - often confused with some non-venomous snakes of similar coloration
  - potentially very lethal but generally remain hidden under rocks and logs
  - red, yellow, and black
  - related to mambas, cobras, and sea snakes
  - reptiles
  - small and ringed with red, yellow, and black
  - small, vibrantly colored, highly venomous snakes
  - very secretive, spending most of their lives under rocks or buried in the soil
* belong and genus unique to the northern forms
* close relative of cobras, mambas and sea snakes.
* eat lizards and other small, smoothed-scaled snakes.
* feed on lizards, other snakes, and frogs
  - other snakes, lizards, frogs, and small animals
* have red bands bordered by yellow
  - red, yellow and black rings along their length
  - small, fixed fangs
* lack retractable fangs.
* live mostly underground or beneath natural objects
  - under stones or logs on the forest floor
* occur in the southeastern region of the state, but are rare.
* produces neurotoxic venom which targets brain and nervous system.
* tend to be unaggressive unless threatened.
+ Texas coral snake: Elapidae
  * All coral snakes are shy, secretive animals, and are nocturnal. They spend most of their time hiding in leaf litter, under logs, or in burrows in the ground.

Cottonmouth snake
* Most cottonmouth snakes have ability
  - broad flat heads
  - elliptical pupils
* Some cottonmouth snakes have diets
  - heat
  - pits
  - hibernate for several months
  - use pits
* are dark, heavy-bodied semiaquatic snakes that have no rattle
  - large and venomous snakes which are found in aquatic areas
* have elliptical eye pupils
* hiss from cypress knees.

Dangerous snake
* Most dangerous snakes produce venom.
* Some dangerous snakes have reputations.

Dice snake
* are better in water and they have a more slender body
  - have a more slender body. * have a more slender body. They are mostly able to see easily in a woodland or desert, and sometimes in mountain streams. They usually eat fish, and sometimes they may also eat amphibians. The dice snake bit shy

### animal | vertebrate | reptile | snake:

Elapid
* All elapids are venomous and many are potentially deadly
  - have a rapid-acting neurotoxic venom that causes paralysis
* Many elapids raise the front part of the body as a threat display.
* are present in tropical and subtropical regions around the world
  - the front-fanged venomous land snakes
* use their venom both to immobilize their prey and in self-defense.
+ Elapid, Description, Venom for hunting and self-defense
  * All elapids have a pair of proteroglyphous fangs that are used to inject venom from glands located towards the rear of the upper jaws. The fangs are the first two teeth on each maxillary bone, which are enlarged and hollow, and usually only one is in place on each side at any time. This action is therefore not as quick as with the viperids, that can envenomate with only a quick, stabbing motion. A few species are capable of spraying their venom from forward facing holes at the tips of their fangs as a means of defense. Elapids use their venom both to immobilize their prey and in self-defense
  * All elapids are venomous and many are potentially deadly. The venoms are mostly neurotoxic and are considered more dangerous than the mainly proteolytic viper venoms