SOME SNAKES ARE MORE

POISONOUS THAN OTHERS.

PRESENTED BY: CATALINA BOTELLO PAEZ

ENGLISH
Learn to differentiate them

For the recognition of vipers, it has been

frequently insisted on the observation of certain
morphological characters such as: shape of the
head, presence or absence of the neck, elliptical
and vertical pupil, the way of ending the tail,
and although they may be useful as Guide
should not be considered pathognomonic of
poisonous species, since in our environment
they are also observed in some harmless snakes.
Venomous snakes have Solenoglyphic Inoculating Fangs and non-venous snakes
do not.

Fangs Inoculators Solenoglyphs: They have the most

sophisticated venom inoculating apparatus that exists
in nature. Within this group are the majority of the
poisonous snakes in our country and those that cause
almost all cases of poisoning.
His inoculating apparatus consists of a pair of fangs,
strong, curved backwards and located in the anterior
part of the upper jaw.
 Loreal Thermoreceptor Pit has venous snakes but is absent in non-venomous
snakes.
Bothrops and Crotalus genera belong to the Crotalidae family and are
characterized by the presence of loreal pits, also called thermo-receptor
cavities, located between the nostril and the eye, apparently, they are devices
that allow capturing slight thermal stimuli which facilitates the location of warm-
blooded prey even in the dark. and the poisonous snake lacks this since, when
they feel the presence of humans, what they do is flee.
poisonous snakes have a sharper neck.
the head and neck of venomous snakes have a triangular head and marked necks,
and non-venomous snakes have a round head and a poorly marked neck. the
poisonous pupil is more elliptical and brighter.
in the venomous snakes the part that
goes from the coaca to the caudal end
is shorter, in the non-venomous snakes
the body is less muscular than the
others.
in the venous ones the scales are
rougher.
We can also see that poisonous snakes
have larger scales. the ferocious
snake, the world's most venomous
ground snake, has enough venom to
kill an average of 100 adult males
We have a lot to learn, since there are different types of snakes, some that are
larger than others that we also have those that have more venom than other
snakes. in this way we land only to see them and we do not identify which are
more poisonous. sometimes just because some are giant mag than others or uglier
looking.

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