Where do snakes mostly live?

The habitat of snakes varies depending on the species, and the habitat is diverse. Some live in caves, some live on the ground, some live in trees, and some live in water.

1. Cave life.

Most of the snakes that belong to burrowing life are some small and medium-sized snakes that are relatively primitive and low. As a result of adaptation to burrowing life, their anatomy is characterized by: a small head and a strong skull connection; The mouth is small, the front of the mouth is slightly protruding, and the eyes are not developed; tail short; The ventral scales are not differentiated or underdeveloped.

Such as blind snake, flash scale snake. Snakes that live in burrows are more likely to come to the ground at night or in dark weather, and are non-venomous snakes.

2. Ground life.

Most snakes carry out terrestrial life, which is characterized by being in the order Snakes.

The body shape is normal in the range, less specialized, generally the ventral scales are wider, and the movement is rapid on the ground. For example, the purple sand snake and cobra of the family Yumi, which live in mountainous areas.

The genus of Listriae, the genus Viperidae and the soldering iron head.

Most of the species in the genus.

3. Arboreal life.

Most of the time it inhabits trees or shrubs. The body is slender and the tail is also long, suitable for winding; Eyes are large and vision is developed; The ventral scales are broad, ** flatter and the sides are slightly upturned towards the back, with lateral ridges. Such as the golden snake and the green thin snake of the snake family.

Forest snakes, etc. Trimeresurus.

It is an arboreal snake, but does not possess the typical features described above. In addition, soldering irons are often climbed on trees.

4. Seawater life.

Mostly sea snakes.

Family, all of which are anterior groove tooth vipers. It is characterized by a flat tail, most of the nostrils open on the back of the snout, and the body is slightly flattened, giving birth. Eat fish, and sea snakes are also the most popular during the fishing season. When fishing, it is easy to catch fish in the net.

There are many types of snakes. Different species of snakes have different habitats. However, most snakes like to inhabit places with suitable temperature, not far from water, good concealment conditions, dark and damp, and abundant food, such as bushes, grasses, mountains, forests, ditches, reservoir areas, etc., and inhabit in such an environment that is convenient for predation and good concealment, and mostly hide under caves, cracks, and messy masonry tiles.

Snakes mostly hide in their dens during the day and come out to move and forage after nightfall, but there are also a few snakes that come out during the day, such as black snakes, Chinese water snakes, and two-spotted snakes.

Snakes are not amphibians. Snakes are reptiles, they do not belong to the class of amphibians, amphibians can live both on land and in water. Although some snake species have this function, they also belong to snakes, and in general, snakes are a general term for snakes of the suborder Snakes, although they do not have limbs, they have vestigial limbs, have reptilian scales, and belong to reptiles.

HabitsSnakes are ectotherms and are sensitive to the temperature of their surroundings. high metabolic rate and frequent activity when body temperature is high; When body temperature is low, the metabolic rate is low and activity decreases. In the scorching heat of summer, they like to live and inhabit in shady places such as trees, grass, and streams; From autumn to winter, it gradually enters the "hibernation" period.

In the north of China, snakes enter the hibernation period slightly earlier, about mid to late October; In the south, snakes do not hibernate until November or even December.

The flower snake that lives in the desert or the Gobi region.

Snakes (scientific name: serpentiformes) are a group of animals belonging to the phylum Chordates, a class of reptiles. The body is elongated, divided into three parts: head, trunk and tail, without limbs or claw-like hind limbs on both sides of the cloaca transversely lobed by lower snakes; Covered in scales; The head is of various shapes, with nostrils located on the snout, but the lifelong marine species of the sea snake family (hydrophidae) lives on the back of the snout; Protective transparency outside the eyeball**, pupils round, vertically oval or horizontal, no active eyelids, lenses almost spherical; tongue elongated and bifurcated; The premaxilla (only python snakes have teeth), maxilla, palatine, pterygoid and tooth bones are attached with teeth with back-curved tooth apex, but the size, number and structure of the teeth vary from snake species to species. The tail is significantly shorter than the head body length.