Female snakes can produce their offspring in several different ways. Many people assume that all snakes lay eggs, but the true situation is more complex than this. The different types of snake ...

The flowerpot snake, one of the world's smallest snakes, has some unusual distinctions. Also known as the Brahminy blind snake, it's the only known snake species with three sets of chromosomes instead ...

How big they are: Can range from 4 inches (10 centimeters) to over 30 feet (9 meters) There are about 4,000 different snake species in the world today. They occupy a wide range of habitats — some ...

Walsh, Timothy F., Ernst, C., and Laemmerzahl, A. F. 1999. "Reproduction of the rufous-beaked snake, Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus (Colubridae, Lamphrophinae)." The ...