Snakes

Serpentes

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Serpentes (Snakes) is a group of Squamata. There are 3573 species of snakes, in 518 genera and 32 families. This group has been around since the Bathonian Age. Snakes includes groups like Xenotyphlopidae, Simoliophiidae, and Anomalophiidae. They have sexual reproduction. Reproduction is dioecious.

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019953
Definition: Capable of creating a new organism by combining the genetic material of two gametes, which may come from two parent organisms or from a single organism, in the case of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites.

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q148681
Definition: a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct male and female individual organisms.

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EOL has data for 14 attributes, including:

eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Pteroclididae
first appearance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
- Definition: The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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167.7 million years ago
habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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aquatic
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002030
- Definition: A habitat that is in or on water
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is eaten by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002471
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Terathopius ecaudatus (Daudin 1800) (Bateleur)
locomotion
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0040011
- Definition: Self-propelled movement of a cell or organism from one location to another.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: GOC:dgh]
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concertina
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5158542
- Definition: movement occurring in snakes and other legless organisms that consists of gripping or anchoring with portions of the body while pulling or pushing other sections in the direction of movement
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mineralized skeleton contains
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/mineralizedSkeletonContains
- Definition: Component found in mineralized skeletal tissue, (a specialized form of biogenic tissue in which the extracellular matrix is mineralized, and which functions in mechanical and structural support.)
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apatite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52254
- Definition: A phosphate mineral with the general formula Ca5(PO4)3X where X = OH, F or Cl
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number of fossil occurrences
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/fossilOccPBDB
- Definition: The number of fossil occurrences in the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org) that are identified as belonging to a particular taxon or any of its subtaxa.
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3071
parasitized by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002445
- Definition: automatically added during harvest
- Comment: Auto-added during harvest #37. A human needs to edit this.
- Attribution: Global Biotic Interactions
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Porrocaecum
preyed upon by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002458
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Bucorvus abyssinicus (Boddaert 1783) (Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill)
reproduction
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0000003
- Definition: The production of new individuals that contain some portion of genetic material inherited from one or more parent organisms
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sexual reproduction
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019953
- Definition: Capable of creating a new organism by combining the genetic material of two gametes, which may come from two parent organisms or from a single organism, in the case of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites.
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snakes Habitats

The environments in which many snakes species are known to live. Select an environment to see its snakes species checklist.

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Snake Habitats

The environments in which many snakes species are known to live. Select an environment to see its snakes species checklist.

Snakes

Serpentes

snakes Habitats

Snake Habitats

snakes includes 32 children: