Vine snake
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Vine snake can refer to several kinds of snake
from the taxonomic family Colubridae:
Snake
Snakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales...
from the taxonomic family Colubridae:
- Genus AhaetullaAhaetullaAhaetulla is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly referred to as vine snakes, or whip snakes. They are mildly venomous and what is commonly termed as 'rear-fanged' or more appropriately, opisthoglyphous, meaning their enlarged teeth or fangs intended to aid in venom delivery are located in the back...
, Japanese vine snakes. - Genus ChironiusChironiusChironius is a genus of New World colubrid snakes, commonly called sipos , savanes, or sometimes vine snakes.- Species :*Chironius bicarinatus - Two-headed sipo...
, Sipos or blunt-headed vine snakes. - Genus OxybelisOxybelisOxybelis is a genus of colubrid snakes known commonly as Vine Snakes. They are found from the southwestern United States, through Central America, to the northern countries of South America...
, Neotropical vine snakes.