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Snakes having water habitats SEA
SNAKE - is a common
name for members of a family of poisonous water snakes. Sea snakes inhabit
tropical waters from the Persian Gulf to the southwest Pacific Ocean; they
are particularly abundant in the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal. Usually
about 1.5 m (about 5 ft) long, some species may reach 2.7 m (9 ft). Sea snakes have no gills and must rise to the surface for air, but they can remain underwater for several hours, obtaining dissolved oxygen from water that they swallow and eject. They feed on elongate fishes, such as eels, which they paralyze with their venom, but do not attack humans unless threatened. WATER
SNAKE, common
name for a genus of nonpoisonous, semiaquatic snakes, closely related
to the garter snakes. Usually found along bodies of water, they are expert
swimmers and divers, feeding on fish, frogs, and toads. They are aggressive
when cornered, but their bite is harmless. ANACONDA,
common
name for a large South American snake of the boa family. The anaconda or
water boa is one of the largest and most powerful snakes in the world, and
the largest in the western hemisphere. Average
length is 20 ft. Average diameter is 12 in. Average weight is 330 lb. (148.5
kg.)
It kills its prey by constriction, or squeezing.
The reptile is found in the rivers of the Guianas and Brazil. GRASS
SNAKE, common
name for the most common water snake of Europe. Grass snakes differ from
most water snakes in that they lay eggs instead of giving birth to living
young. They grow as long as 107 cm (42 in).
Many varieties exist, the most common being the ringed snake, so
called because of a wide white ring around its neck. This snake is greenish
olive in color, spotted with black. An American green snake and a striped
variety of garter snake are also called grass snakes. MOCCASIN, also water moccasin or cottonmouth, common name for a poisonous aquatic snake, one of the pit vipers of the viper family. It is called cottonmouth because the lining of its mouth is white. It lives in swamps of the southeastern U.S. and parts of Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. It is a slow-moving snake. inject a toxin destructive to red blood cells. The bite, however, is rarely fatal, although it is painful and can cause local tissue damage. It is Brown or olive, with broad black bands across its body, the water moccasin averages 1.2 m (4 ft) in length. It feeds on fish and amphibians.
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