REPTILES: SNAKES

CHARACTERISTICS

• Scales
• Extremely flexible
• Limbless body
• Forked tongue
• Cylindrical shape
• Cold blooded

BEAKED SEA SNAKE

• Size: 1.4 meters
• Flattened paddle tail for swimming
• Nostrils close when diving in to water
• Develop salt excreting glands
• http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bLFrBc1ciSw

GREEN ANACONDA

• Average length: 6 meters
• Average weight: 148.5 kg.
• Pivotal shaped teeth & jaws
• Patterned body
• Tongue for smell
• Females significantly larger
• http://www.arkive.org/green-anaconda/eunectes-murinus/video-00.html

FUN FACTS & CONCLUSION

• Beaked sea snake: very venomous
• Green Anaconda: heaviest snake in world
• In conclusion: about 3,000 different species of snakes

WORK CITED

• Fun snakes facts for kids www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/snake.html 2015
• Green anaconda. www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/reptiles/green-anaconda/2000
• Beaked sea snake videos, photos, and facts. www.arkive.org/beaked-sea-snake/enhydrina-schistosa/ 2012