### animal | vertebrate | reptile | snake:

Aquatic snake
* Some aquatic snakes eat tadpoles.
* peek out from under lily pads.

Australian snake
* Most Australian snakes are active hunters
  - australian snakes search for prey
* are inoffensive and very shy.

Baby snake
* are independent from their mother as soon as they are hatched.
* come from leathery eggs.
* feed on small reptiles and rodents.
* use their egg tooth to break out of their eggs.

### animal | vertebrate | reptile | snake:

Black mamba
* are animals
  - fast, nervous, lethally venomous, and when threatened, highly aggressive
  - important to our ecosystems because they keep the rodent populations in check
  - reptiles
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* devour their food whole.
* eat small mammals like rodents and squirrels.
* have a neurotoxic venom, which shuts down the nervous system and paralyzes victims
  - coffin-shaped heads and are lithe, athletic snakes
  - no specific predators
* live in the savannas and rocky hills of southern and eastern Africa.
+ Black mamba, Prey: Elapidae
  * Black mambas eat small mammals like rodents and squirrels. Sometimes they eat birds. They bite once or twice and then wait for their prey to become paralyzed and die. Then they eat them. Acids in their stomach digest the prey within 8-10 hours. Black mambas are important to our ecosystems because they keep the rodent populations in check.

Black snake
* Most black snakes live in habitats.
* feel vibration.

Brown snake
* Some brown snakes cause extinction.
* are common in Iowa
  - somewhat uncommon on the Savannah River Site
  - typically harmless nonvenemous snakes
* cause more deaths in Australia than any other snake.
* eat earthworms, slugs and softbodied insects.
* emerge from hibernation after the ground thaws in the spring.
* feed on earthworms, slugs and salamanders.
* hibernate in rock crevices, road embankments, and in bridges.
* hide under rocks, logs, and other cover.

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

Corn snake
* Most corn snakes eat rodents.
* Most corn snakes have color
  - patterns
  - hibernate in burrows
  - kill prey
  - learn to eat previously frozen, but fully thawed out, mice
  - reach size
  - seek shelter
  - use heat
* Some corn snakes live in barns.
* are a nonvenomous species
  - active both day and night, but tend to be nocturnal in hot weather
  - also popular pets for reptile enthusiasts
  - common on the Savannah River Site
  - fairly calm and easy to care for
  - good for people for many different reasons
  - moderately sized, tame and inexpensive
  - native to the United States
  - neither poisonous or venomous
  - non-poisonous constrictors
  - nonvenomous snakes found primarily in the southeastern United States
  - nonvenomous, gentle snakes native to South Carolina
* are one of the most popular of all pet snakes and for good reason
  - types of snakes to keep in captivity or as pets
  - oviparous, meaning that the mothers lay eggs
  - powerful constrictors
  - relatively easy to breed
* benefit humans by keeping the rodent population in control.
* bite prey.
* can climb trees and like to hide under rotting bark, logs, and rocks
  - fast for long periods, but only if they have to
* come in many beautiful colors, and are hardy and docile.
* communicate in the same ways as most other species of snake.
* feed on small mammals and birds.
  - rather poor eyesight and depend mainly on olfaction to perceive their environment
* live in the coastal areas of Florida and other southeastern states.
* make good pets because they grow to only four to five feet in length and are very hardy.
* range from southern Pennsylvania south to Florida, and west to south Louisiana.
* squeeze their victims tightly until they suffocate and die.
* swallow prey
  - small prey
  - their scales as climbing equipment