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This is the largest family of snakes. It lives on every continent except Antarctica. It brings together very varied forms, from ground dwellers to tree climbers. Most are harmless to humans. Many hunt lizards, frogs or small rodents. They kill prey by constriction or with a mild venom.
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Colubridae
Zamenis longissimus · Least concern
Ancient Greek, Roman and Illyrian mythology and symbolism all found a place for the Aesculapian snake, one of Europe's largest snakes at up to 2 m. Three were collected in Denmark between 1810 and 1863, probably from a relict population now extinct. In Britain, the oldest recorded colony lives around the Welsh Mountain Zoo, near Colwyn Bay in North Wales.
Photo: FelixReimann (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Colubridae
Ahaetulla nasuta · Least concern
'Eye plucker': that is what its genus name means in Sinhalese. It comes from a belief, first reported by the Portuguese traveller João Ribeiro in 1685, that the snake plucks out people's eyes. This slender green snake has horizontal pupils, and a 2020 study restricted the species to Sri Lanka.
Photo: Andy king50 (CC BY-SA 2.5)
Colubridae
Ahaetulla prasina · Least concern
'Green' in Greek is prasinos, hence the Asian vine snake's species name, prasina. This tree-dwelling snake is moderately venomous, with its fangs at the back of the mouth, and goes by many names, such as Boie's whip snake or Oriental whip snake.
Photo: Brown R, Siler C, Oliveros C, Welton L, Rock A, Swab J, Van Weerd M, van Beijnen J, Rodriguez D, Jose E, Diesmos A (CC BY 3.0)
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