SNAKES DETAILS
snake details There are 2700 species and subspecies of Snakes in the world. As a group, they lack legs, hearing, and movable eyelids. Having evolved from lizards, some snakes still possess skeletal remnants of legs. Snakes have a large number of vertebrae (180 to 435), most of which have ribs attached. There are 4 families of snakes: Boidae (boas and pythons), Colubridae (racers, garter snakes, rat snakes and many others), Elapidae (cobras, mambas, and their relatives), Viperidae (rattlesnakes and other vipers). Reticulated Python - Indonesia - Source: David Barker The facts about the longest and biggest snakes are very fuzzy, with many unsubstantiated claims. The world's longest snake (by reliable documentation) is the Reticulated Python, with a maximum length of, perhaps, 35 feet or more. Update - Largest snake fossil remains found - Titanoboa was 13m (42ft) and lived in the rain forest of north-east Colombia 58-60 million years ago. The snake was so wide...