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Encyclopedia > False water cobra
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False Water Cobra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Hydrodynastes
Species: H. gigas
Binomial name
Hydrodynastes gigas
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The false water cobra of the Brazilian smooth snake (Hydrodynastes gigas) is South American snake species. It has similar characteristics to a smooth snake.It is rear fanged and toxic. They grow to 6-7 feet. It is sometimes kept as a pet in the United States. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anenomes) Placozoa (trichoplax) Subregnum Bilateria (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders  Crocodilia - Crocodilians scary crocodiles. ... Suborders Amphisbaenia - Worm lizards Sauria- Lizards Serpentes - Snakes Squamata (scaled reptiles) is the largest recent order of reptiles, including lizards and snakes. ... Genera According to ITIS: Adelophis Adelphicos Alsophis Amastridium Arizona Arrhyton Atractus Bogertophis Boiga Carphophis Cemophora Cerberus Chersodromus Chilomeniscus Chionactis Clelia Clonophis Coluber Coniophanes Conophis Conopsis Contia Cryophis Dendrelaphis Dendrophidion Diadophis Dipsas Dryadophis Drymarchon Drymobius Elaphe Enulius Eridiphas Erythrolamprus Farancia Ficimia Geagras Geophis Gyalopion Heterodon Hypsiglena Imantodes Lampropeltis Leptodeira Leptophis Liochlorophis... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...


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Snakes and Reptiles - Great Valley Serpentarium - Snake Museum (576 words)
There is the Brazilian Smooth Snake, "False Water Cobra", Cyclagras gigas which occurs in Eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, southern Brazil and northern Argentina.
The False Water Cobra is a large robust snake similar in stature to the Cribo and Indigo snakes.
The False Water Cobra is an excellent display snake and being diurnal it is usually active during the day.
Cobra (snake) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (302 words)
Cobras are venomous snakes of family Elapidae, of several genera.
Cobras kill their prey, usually small rodents and birds, by injecting a neurotoxin through their hollow fangs.
The cobra's most recognizable feature is its hood, a flap of skin and muscle behind the head which it can flare, perhaps for the purpose of making it appear bigger and more threatening to predators.
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