6-syllable Snakes that contain I

List of 6-syllable Snakes that contain I

1

Aesculapian Snake

Zamenis longissimus

A large, slender non-venomous European colubrid named for the staff of Asclepius, the ancient Greek god of medicine.

2

African Rock Python

Python sebae

Africa's largest snake and one of the world's heaviest constrictors, blotched with rich brown and tan along its long, muscular body.

3

Eastern Indigo Snake

Drymarchon couperi

The longest native snake in the United States, a glossy blue-black colubrid that preys on venomous snakes in the southeastern coastal plain.

4

Rhinoceros Viper

Bitis nasicornis

A spectacularly patterned West and Central African viper with two or three horns at the tip of the snout.

5

Sumatran Pit Viper

Trimeresurus sumatranus

A small green arboreal pit viper of high-elevation Indonesian forests, distinguished by tiny scales on the head and a yellow eye.

6

Twin-spotted Rattlesnake

Crotalus pricei

A small, high-altitude rattlesnake of the sky-island pine forests on the U.S.-Mexico border, with a row of paired dark blotches along the back.

7

Yellow-bellied Sea Snake

Hydrophis platurus

A fully pelagic marine elapid found drifting in open ocean across most of the Indian and Pacific, the most widely distributed snake in the world.

8

Zebra Spitting Cobra

Naja nigricincta

A small African elapid of dry savanna and rocky scrub, marked with stark light-and-dark bars that resemble zebra stripes on the throat.