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Entertainment > TV Networks & Industry TV network reviews: Animal Planet: 3 of 18

Animal Planet has several programs worth watching, they are well written and the photography is wonderful. There are however two or three that should have never been allowed past the cutting room floor. All are based on reptiles, these animals have enough to worry about with out some moron swinging from a vine and landing on...
Pets & Animals > Reptiles & Amphibians Reptile facts: Mojave rattlesnake: 1 of 3

The Mojave ( or Mohave ) rattlesnake is classified as follows: Kingdom= Animalia, Order= Squmata, Sub-order= Serpentasa, Phylum= Chordata Sub-phylum=Virtibrata, Class=Reptila, "Family"=Viperada, Genus=Crotalus, Species= Scutulatus. Now that this is out of the way, lets talk about this marvelous creature. The Mojave green is ...
Pets & Animals > Reptiles & Amphibians How to get a snake out of your house: 2 of 5

There are several items on the open market that claim to remove unwanted snakes from a yard or home. The sad part I am sorry to say is "none of them work". There is nothing ( that is safe ) that will deter a snake from crossing your property. A snake will follow a scent trail laid down by a prey animal, most often a mouse or...
Pets & Animals > Reptiles & Amphibians Reptile facts: Western diamondback rattlesnake: 2 of 4

The Western diamondback rattlesnake is second in size only to the Eastern diamondback ( Crotalus adamanteus). It has the widest range of all rattlesnakes reaching from Western Louisiana to California and eastward into Oklahoma and Arkansas. Of all the snake related deaths ( by native species ) from bites, the majority are fr...
Pets & Animals > Reptiles & Amphibians Care and maintainence of the False Water Cobra Hydrodinastes gigas: 1 of 2

The False Water cobra is a member of the colubridea family. The Colubrids consist of some 305 Genera, and 1,858 species of snakes living today. If a snake does not fit into any other family exactly, it is thrown into the Colubrid family. The FWC is of the Hydrodynastes species and the sub-species is giggis. It can be found w...
Pets & Animals > Reptiles & Amphibians Reptile facts: Copperhead snake: 1 of 2

The Copperhead (Agkistrodon c. contortrix) is quite possibly the most misunderstood pit viper living in North America today. There are five sub species of copperhead with the largest being the Southern copperhead (A.C. Contortrix). This species for the most part has a light gray base color with chestnut brown hour glass mark...
Pets & Animals > Reptiles & Amphibians Reptile facts: Sidewinder snake: 1 of 2

The desert sidewinder ( Crotalus cerastes ) is a member of the rattlesnake family. In all respects it is much the same as its 29 or so cousins. Its fang structure is the same, its skeletal structure is the same as is its organ system is the same. What sets it aside from the others is its love and ability to exist in an envir...
Pets & Animals > Reptiles & Amphibians Snake anatomy: Pupils: 1 of 1

Evolution has altered several life forms on planet Earth, one of the most remarkable transformations is that of the snake. Snakes are believed to have evolved from a group of Lizards that existed in a form of subterranean life style. As limbs were a hinderance, being even redundant they slowly over eons faded away, leaving t...
Pets & Animals > Reptiles & Amphibians Snake facts: Why snakes have scales: 5 of 9

Most people believe that a snake is wet and slimy to the touch, this fallacy has endured mainly because most non venomous species of snakes have smooth scales that reflect sunlight which gives a wet appearance. Snakes such as the Eastern diamondback rattlesnake looks anything but wet. This is due to a ridge on the scale that...
Society & Lifestyle > Mythology & Folklore Superstitions and myths that surround reptiles: 4 of 7

For decades, children have been told of mythical super snakes that can perform amazing feats to capture a child should it wonder near its home. Mothers and grandmothers have told these stories to protect their loved ones from receiving a deadly bite should the child encounter a snake while playing out of doors. The one probl...