Reptiles - Order Squamata (Ophidia/Snakes)

Question 1

13 Families of Ophidae

Answer 1

Acrochordidae
Colubridae
Cyclocoridae
Elapidae
Gerrhopilidae
Homalopsidae
Hydrophiidae
Lamprophiidae
Pareidae
Pythonidae
Typhlopidae
Viperidae
Xenopeltidae

Question 2

commonly known as wart snakes, file snakes, elephant trunk snakes, or dog face snakes

Answer 2

Acrochordidae

Question 3

is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family

Answer 3

Colubridae

Question 4

is a family of elapoid snakes endemic to the Philippines.

Answer 4

cyclocoridae

Question 5

is a family of snakes characterized by their permanently erect fangs at the front of the mouth.

Answer 5

elapidae

Question 6

Most elapids are venomous, with the exception of the genus _____________. Many members of this family exhibit a threat display of rearing upwards while spreading out a neck flap

Answer 6

Emydocephalus

Question 7

What family is the coral snakes? Give the three coral snakes

Answer 7

Elapidae

Barred coral snake, Hemibungarus calligaster (Wiegmann, 1835)

Philippine false coral snake, Hemibungarus gemianulis (Peters, 1872)

McClung’s Philippine coral snake, Hemibungarus mcclungi (Taylor, 1922)

Question 8

are a family of blindsnakes that contains at least16 species

Answer 8

Gerrhopilidae

Question 9

are a family of snakes which contains about 28 genera and more than 50 species. They are commonly known as Indo-Australian water snakes, mudsnakes, or bockadams.

Answer 9

Homalopsidae

Question 10

South Asian bockadam, bockadam snake, or dog-faced water snake, is a mildly venomous species of a snake

Answer 10

Cerberus rynchops

Question 11

are a very diverse group of snakes.

Many are terrestrial but some are fossorial (e.g. Amblyodipsas) or semi-aquatic (e.g.Lycodonomorphus). Some are fast-moving (e.g. Psammophis) where as others are slow (e.g. Duberria).

Answer 11

Lamprophiidae

Question 12

commonly known as the Philippine
stripe-lipped snake, is a species of snake in the family
Lamprophiidae. It is endemic to the Philippines, and is found on
the islands of Luzon and Polillo

Answer 12

Hologerrhum philippinum

Question 13

is a small family of snakes found largely in south east Asia.

Answer 13

Pareidae

Question 14

must constrict their prey to suffocate it prior to consumption

Answer 14

Phythonidae

Python reticulatus

Question 15

are a family of blind snakes. They are found mostly in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, the Americas, and all mainland Australia and various islands

Answer 15

Typhopidae

Malayotyphlops ruber (Samar blind snake)

Question 16

they are venomous and have long, hinged fangs that permit deep penetration and injection of their venom

Answer 16

Viperidae

Trimeresurus flavomaculatus

Question 17

____________, the sunbeam snakes, are the sole genus of the monotypic family ____________, the species of which are found in Southeast Asia.

Answer 17

Xenopeltis, Xenopeltidae