Snakes are reptiles that no-legged and long bodied. Snakes have scales like a lizard and both were classified into the scaly reptiles (Squamata). The difference is generally legged lizards, have ears, and eyelids that can open the lid. However, for cases not-legged lizards (eg Ophisaurus spp.) This difference becomes blurred and can not hold onto.
Habitat and Food of Snake
Snake is one of the most successful reptiles evolved in the world. In the mountains, forests, deserts, plains, farmland, residential neighborhood, right down to the ocean, can be found in snakes. Only, as is cold-blooded animals, snakes increasingly rare in cold places, such as on mountaintops, in Irlanda and New Zealand and regional areas or polar snowfields.
Many species of snakes throughout his life wandering in the trees and almost never hit the ground. Many other types of reptiles living on the soil surface or infiltrate-threading under piles of leaf litter or rocks. While most other living aquatic or semi-aquatic in the rivers, swamps, lakes and sea.
Snakes prey on various species of animals smaller than its body. Aquatic snakes prey on fish, frogs, tadpoles, and even fish eggs. Tree snakes and land snakes prey on birds, mammals, frogs, reptile species, including eggs. Large snakes such as snake reticulatus can prey on goats, deer, deer and even humans.
Types of Snakes
There is a venomous snake (a poison, venom / venomous), but many were not. But do not be too worried when meeting a snake. From among the venomous, most bisanya not dangerous enough for humans. Moreover, most snakes go away when meeting people.
Primitive snakes, such as wire snake, snake bags, two snake heads, and python, not poisonous. Venomous snakes are mostly including spare Colubridae: but the venom is generally weak. Venomous snakes are strong in Indonesia usually fall into one of the serpent tribe follows: Elapidae (cobra, banded snake, snake chili, etc..), Hydrophiidae (sea snakes) and Viperidae (land snakes, sea snakes carcass , snake bandotan).