1. Sea Snake (Sea Serpent)
Sea snake is the most unusual of all types of snakes. They come from the same family as cobras and coral snakes (Elapidae), but they have adapted to a lifestyle that is really in the sea, a remarkable adaptation.
There are 62 species recognized to date, and they are found in the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, they are all very poisonous. Ten times more potent poison of cobras.
Species of sea snakes 'One', the sea snakes 'Belcher', considered by experts to be the most toxic of all sea snakes. Fortunately, the sea snake is very docile and human fatalities are extremely rare.
They breathe by absorbing oxygen directly from water through their skin. They also have special glands in their tongues, which can remove excess salt from the organ in his body.
There's more, perhaps the most stunning of sea snakes is the Golden Sea Snake (Golden Sea Serpent). This species can be air-photoreceptors in the tail, which makes it possible to detect variations in light and may detect predators. That said, Golden Sea Snake could see with his tail.
2. Flying Snake (Serpent Fly)
flying snakes are found in the rainforests of India and southeast Asia, and, although their names a little cool, they can not really fly.
When Snake fly want to go from one tree to another, he launched himself into the air and when flying, he stretches the rib cage of the stomach, so that his body widened and function resemble wings.
Flying Snake is a glider even better than flying squirrel. Squirrels can glide up to 60 meters from one tree to another, Flying Snakes can glide up to 100 meters or more, and they really "glide" in the air, which gives them greater stability.
These snakes are harmless to humans. Food mainly lizards and other small animals. These snakes spend most of their time in trees.
3. Tiger Keelback
Also known as Yamakagashi, or Japanese water snake, this species is mostly found in East Asia.
It is small, rarely exceeding one meter, and very shy, so much the fact that they are considered harmless, until someone dies because of the bite yamakagashi in the 80s.
Because the venomous fangs located in the back of the jaw, they can not inject poison them with ease like any other snake.
Food utamannya are frogs and toads. In addition to brightly colored, Tiger Keelbacks there is also a normal color.
Sea snake is the most unusual of all types of snakes. They come from the same family as cobras and coral snakes (Elapidae), but they have adapted to a lifestyle that is really in the sea, a remarkable adaptation.
There are 62 species recognized to date, and they are found in the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, they are all very poisonous. Ten times more potent poison of cobras.
Species of sea snakes 'One', the sea snakes 'Belcher', considered by experts to be the most toxic of all sea snakes. Fortunately, the sea snake is very docile and human fatalities are extremely rare.
They breathe by absorbing oxygen directly from water through their skin. They also have special glands in their tongues, which can remove excess salt from the organ in his body.
There's more, perhaps the most stunning of sea snakes is the Golden Sea Snake (Golden Sea Serpent). This species can be air-photoreceptors in the tail, which makes it possible to detect variations in light and may detect predators. That said, Golden Sea Snake could see with his tail.
2. Flying Snake (Serpent Fly)
flying snakes are found in the rainforests of India and southeast Asia, and, although their names a little cool, they can not really fly.
When Snake fly want to go from one tree to another, he launched himself into the air and when flying, he stretches the rib cage of the stomach, so that his body widened and function resemble wings.
Flying Snake is a glider even better than flying squirrel. Squirrels can glide up to 60 meters from one tree to another, Flying Snakes can glide up to 100 meters or more, and they really "glide" in the air, which gives them greater stability.
These snakes are harmless to humans. Food mainly lizards and other small animals. These snakes spend most of their time in trees.
3. Tiger Keelback
Also known as Yamakagashi, or Japanese water snake, this species is mostly found in East Asia.
It is small, rarely exceeding one meter, and very shy, so much the fact that they are considered harmless, until someone dies because of the bite yamakagashi in the 80s.
Because the venomous fangs located in the back of the jaw, they can not inject poison them with ease like any other snake.
Food utamannya are frogs and toads. In addition to brightly colored, Tiger Keelbacks there is also a normal color.
Recently, it was found that feed these snakes are immune to poisonous frog. Not only are immune to poison frogs, but they really could "save" poison frog is in the glands in the neck.
When threatened, he could release the two poison (poison frog poison personal and dimangsanya).
4. Burrowing Asp
The Asp is a small snake from Africa who spend most of their time underground. He ate a rat, and have large fangs that function as pencengkram venomous, protruding out of the mouth when in use.
Fangs are also flexible and can be moved freely, which means that this snake can stab their prey with only one tusk, and after that will kill the victim.
Because of the nature of cardiotoxic and necrotic, and its ability to inject more than other snakes (for "fangs" her long) snake is very dangerous to humans
5. Horned Viper
Found in the deserts of North Africa and the Middle East, this snake has a small horn, usually measuring 50 cm. They have a pair of horns above the eyes, but there are also some individuals who have no or only grow slightly.
They are venomous, but their bite is usually not fatal to humans. Horned viper is officially named "Cerastes Cerastes".
Cerastes is the origin of the Greek mythical monster, a snake is hiding under the sand in the desert and catch every creature that passed by, using the horn as an attraction.
6. Atheris hispida
Found in the rainforests of Central Africa, a small viper snake is very venomous. Having hair like scales that give a unique appearance and cool (usually in the call, "Viper Tree scaly").
Viper Atheris grow to 75 cm. Like all vipers, Atheris fangs folded in front of the upper jaw, there is no antidote for the poison it generates.
Bite causes difficulty in breathing, blood clotting, pain and swelling, until death. Fortunately, these vipers usually stay away from human settlements, have been very rare and one of the snakes are protected.
7. Langaha Nasuta
One of the most bizarre reptile in the world. Just as the vine snake, snake Langaha (also known as leaf-nosed snake) named in accordance with an arboreal lifestyle.
The nature of the most interesting of course, the "horn" weird or projection on the snout.
Males and females of this snake looks very different. Males yellowish and has a smooth skin and sharp, and has a "horn", while females have brown, rough skin.
This is one of several snake snake where gender can be determined easily just by looking.
Snakes Nasuta Langaha found only in protected rain forest in Madagascar. Highly poisonous and can be very painful bite to humans, but does not cause death.
8. Long nosed vine snake
Once again, native snakes of Southeast Asia, Long Nose Snake Wine Tree (very long name) is an arboreal predators, unlike other snakes, it has very good eyesight than most snakes, and allows the attacking their prey with precise accuracy.
His tongue was bright green. Her body is lightweight which allows it to move quickly on the foliage and can reach from one branch to another by half a body in the air.
Its main food is the lizards and frogs, and even though they poisonous, they do not pose a serious threat to humans, only pain and swelling after being bitten by a snake this vine, and the symptoms will disappear within a few days.
9. Tentacled Snake (Snake berTentakel)
Other water snakes from Southeast Asia, this is a unique species, the last surviving species of its genus. The most famous of these snakes is a strange fleshy tentacles on the snout.
These tentacles mechanosensors actually very sensitive, which allows the snake to detect motion in the water and attack any unfortunate fish that swim nearby.
Other properties of interest is the speed of the snake tentacle attack is truly extraordinary, is required only 15 milliseconds to capture prey.
Although venomous snakes tentacle, it can not pose a threat to humans. He was small, only 90 cm long. Just as the snake elephant, he is fully alive in the water and can barely move on land.
10. Elephant Trunk Snake (Snake Elephant Ivory)
This bizarre snake found in Indonesia, although some are also found in Australia. This snake gets its name from an unusual skin, with wrinkles and loose, look old, and super large size.
They can grow up to 2.5 meters. This snake berhabitat in water, and helpless when on land, they can not glide like the other snakes because they do not have a broad scale in his stomach.
These snakes are food fish, including catfish and eel. These snakes have a little poison is not lethal, so they use a coil to kill prey.
The scales are large and prominent is adapted to hold the slippery fish and twisting them under water.
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