When you become a doctor, in certain situation, you have to determine what kind of snake it is just by looking it at in a short time. So this time, why dont you read about Characteristic of some snakes. pad1.whstatic/images/thumb/5/5a/Reduce-the-Number-of-Venomous-Snakes-in-Your-Area-%28USA%29-Step-1.jpg/670px-Reduce-the-Number-of-Venomous-Snakes-in-Your-Area-%28USA%29-Step-1.jpg Viper ( Vipera russelli) =============== 1. terrestrial 2. may grow to 5 feet 3. head is triangular like an arrow head 4. tail is round and short 5. body has 3 chains of brown patches 6. small scales on the head 7. mental groove present 8. sensory pit absent 9. belly scales full and white with black specks 10. venom haemorrhagic. hdwallpicture/viper-snake-wallpaper.html Cobra (Najaj naja) / King cobra (Naja hannah) ============================== 1. terrestrial 2. tail cylindrical 3. shields on the head 4. belly scales full and white 5. mental groove present 6. vertebrals not enlarged 7. third supra-labial shield touches the eye and the nose shields. 8. neck with hood and marking 9. occipital scales (a) absent in cobra, N.naja (b) present in king cobra, N.hannah 10. venom neurotoxic. venomoussnakes.net/pictures/Factbox%20Cobra%20snake.jpg Krait (Bungarus fasciatus) ================= 1. terrestial 2. tail cylindrical and blunt at the tip 3. body is triangular with bands and half rings across the back 4. belly scales full and white 5. mental groove present 6. shields on the head 7. vertebral scales large and hexagonal 8. fourth infra-labial scale is the largest. 9. venom neurotoxic. ces.iisc.ernet.in/snakes/IMAGES/KRAIT_HA.JPG Sea snake (Hydrophis) =============== 1. marine 2. head small 3. tail flat and compressed 4. body colour is yellow, grey or blue 5. belly scales small and pale colored 6. venom neurotoxic, cause paralysis and renal failure naturalhistorymag/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/media/2009/07/black_yellow_snake_jpg_71405.jpg Green snake/ pit viper (Trimerisurus) ======================== 1. terrestrial 2. tail round, slender and brown at the tip 3. body color green with a white line on other side. 4. ventral scales full and yellowish in color 5. mental groove present 6. small scales on the head 7. heat sensitive pit present between nostril and eye 8. venom haemorrhagic isharath/blogpics/mizo/Pope_Pit_Viper.jpg Coral Sanke (Callophis macclellandi) ======================== 1.terrestrial 2. tail round 3. ventrals broad 4. mental groove resent 5. shield on the head 6. 3rd supra-labial shield touches eye and nose 7. neck without hood 8. coral spots on the belly 9. venom neurotoxic fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/279/e/c/coralsnk_by_sgtwistedpiston-d6peoil.jpg Please notes that the name next to the snakes(with brackets) are scientific names that should be underlined.
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