4-syllable Snakes that contain C

List of 4-syllable Snakes that contain C

1

Anaconda

Eunectes murinus

The green anaconda is the heaviest snake in the world, a massive semi-aquatic boa of South American swamps and slow river systems.

2

Blue Coral Snake

Calliophis bivirgatus

A spectacular Southeast Asian elapid with deep blue flanks, a red head and tail, and venom glands stretching a quarter of its body length.

3

Carpet Python

Morelia spilota

A widely variable Australasian python with bold geometric patterns, comfortable in trees, rocks, and even suburban roofs.

4

Coastal Taipan

Oxyuranus scutellatus

Australia's largest venomous snake and one of the world's most dangerous elapids, with a coffin-shaped head and lightning-fast strike.

5

Jararaca

Bothrops jararaca

A common South American pit viper responsible for the majority of snakebites in southeastern Brazil, source of the first ACE inhibitor drug.

6

Saw-scaled Viper

Echis carinatus

A small, irritable Asian viper that produces a rasping warning sound by rubbing its serrated scales together and kills more people each year than any other snake.

7

Spitting Cobra

Naja nigricollis

A black-necked African cobra that defends itself by spraying venom from modified fangs straight at the eyes of a threat.