Squamata Serpentes Families

Question 1

Tiny, thread-like snake family with vestigial eyes and tail spike you can feel

Answer 1

Leptotyphlopidae (Scolecophidia)

Question 2

Small to medium fossorial snake family that resembles small boas with a very spotty range including some small parts of the Carribean, South America, and south east Asia

Answer 2

Tropidophiidae (Alethinophidia)

Question 3

Snake family characterized by long faces and non-divided post-cloaca belly scales and vestigial spurs next to cloaca. Pacific Northwest, South America, and Middle East

Answer 3

Boidae (Alethinophidia)

Question 4

Burrowing snake family with black and white checkered belly

Answer 4

Cylindrophiidae (Alethinophidia)

Question 5

Snake family with a keratinous shield on the tail likely used for borrowing

Answer 5

Uropeltidae (Alethinophidia)

Question 6

Highly iridescent snake family with pointed snout. Also burrowing snake

Answer 6

Xenopeltidae (Alethinophidia)

Question 7

Snake family with long faces and divided post-cloaca belly scales with Africa, South Asia, and Australia range

Answer 7

Pythonidae (Alethinophidia)

Question 8

Snake family with baggy, pebbled skin and small eyes. South east Asia range

Answer 8

Acrochordidae (Alethinophidia)

Question 9

Snake family with stout bodies, even when they are small and nostril horns or rattles and heat pits, depending on subfamily

Answer 9

Viperidae (Colubroidea, Alethinophidia)

Question 10

Snake family from southeast Asia with face tentacles.

Answer 10

Homalopsidae (Colubroidea, Alethinophidia)

Question 11

Snake family that does not have a loreal scale

Answer 11

Elapidae (Colubroidea, Alethinophidia)

Question 12

Most diverse snake family with no uniting morphological traits

Answer 12

Colubridae (Colubroidea, Alethinophidia)