egg-eating snakes

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• Egg-eating snake — can refer to six different species of snake, found within two genera: * Dasypeltis , the group of African egg eating snakes *Indian egg eating snake ( Elachistodon westermanni ) …   Wikipedia

• egg-eating snake — ▪ reptile  any of the five species of the genus Dasypeltis of sub Saharan Africa and Elachistodon westermanni of northeastern India. These nonvenomous snakes comprise the subfamily Dasypeltinae, family Colubridae. Members of Dasypeltis eat only… …   Universalium

• Snakes in mythology — Snakes were central to many mythologies because of their perceived quality of being both familiar and exotic. The behaviour of snakes and their facial features (e.g. the unblinking, lidless eyes) seemed to imply that they were intelligent, that… …   Wikipedia

• Egg (biology) — Bird eggs and others (click on image for key) …   Wikipedia

• List of snakes of South Asia (Colubridae) — The following is a list of colubrid snakes of South Asia, primarily covering the region covered by mainland India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, parts of Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Island chains. This forms part of the… …   Wikipedia

• snail-eating snake — ▪ reptile       any of several members of the Old World subfamily Pareinae and of the New World subfamily Dipsadinae, family Colubridae. All have long delicate teeth; those at the front of the upper jaw are used to seize the body of a snail,… …   Universalium

• snake — snakelike, adj. /snayk/, n., v., snaked, snaking. n. 1. any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas. 2. a treacherous person; an …   Universalium

• Dasypeltis — Montane egg eating snake Dasypeltis atra Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …   Wikipedia

• elachistodontidae — ˌeləˌkistəˈdäntəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Elachistodont , Elachistodon, type genus (from Greek elachistos superl. of elachys + New Latin odont , odon) + idae : a small family of Indian egg eating snakes… …   Useful english dictionary

• Colubrinae — European Ratsnake Elaphe situla Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …   Wikipedia

• Dasypeltis — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda ? Dasypeltis Serpiente comedora de huevos africana Dasypeltis scabra …   Wikipedia Español