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Beautiful Snakes by the Dozen!

Posted on December 18, 2012 by snake Buddies

Slimy, ugly, disgusting, gross, evil, creepy and scary are among the first adjectives used by most, to describe snakes. My experience, is that many people feel that “ugly” creatures do not deserve our attention or conservation efforts. We smash spiders … Continue reading →

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Posted in Beautiful snakes, coral snake, non-venomous, rare, rattlesnake, Snakes, variability, venomous | Tagged African Bush Viper, Antivenom, Bamboo Ratsnake, Blue Coral Snake, Boiga dendrophila, conservation, Coral Cobra, Coral snake, elapid, Ethiopian Mountain Adder, Kanburian Pit Viper, Mangrove Snake, Mangshan Viper, neurotixin, pit viper, Pope's Pit Viper, Snake, Snakebite, Snakes, Speckled Racer, Speckled Rattlesnake, Temple Viper, Tropidolaemus wagleri, Venom, venomous snakes, Wagler's Viper | 9 Comments

Red and Yellow Kills a Fellow? Your Identification Guide to Tri-color snakes.

Posted on September 3, 2010 by snake Buddies

Only 4 families of venomous snakes exist in the United States. These are the rattlesnakes, Copperheads, Water Moccasins (Cotton Mouths), and the Coral snakes. For the purpose of this article, we will concentrate on Coral Snakes and some of their … Continue reading →