Thinking of snakes, many of us can't help but shudder, but some are very interested in learning about the wonderful world of this reptile. Whether you love or hate snakes, you probably have to admit that many of them are very beautiful, right? Let's Toplist admire the beauty of the most beautiful snakes in the world below.
1 Texas albino snake
This albino snake is found in the states of Texas, Arizona and Louisiana in the US. They are called "albino snakes", because they have only one color on their body, pure white, but they are not albino as people think.This snake is not venomous, and their food are rats and other small rodents.
This non-venomous snake is likened to a "lady" dressed in luxurious and noble white. Her name comes from a condition that results in a complete lack of pigmentation, not just the lack of melanin that occurs in albinism.
2 Indigo Eastern Rat Snake - Indigo Eastern Rat Snake
This oriental indigo snake deserves to be ranked in the list of the most beautiful snakes in the world, because of the jet black color on their body. The Oriental indigo snake was discovered in Texas, USA, and is commonly known as the longest snake in the Americas (with an average length of more than 3 meters in adults). This snake is not venomous and often has to work very hard to kill its prey.
But a very special point is that the Eastern indigo snake can "eat" other venomous snakes, such as the Texas rattlesnake, and is completely immune to their venom. Besides, the Mexican Black Kingsnake species is also similar in color but smaller in size (less than 150cm) and also completely non-toxic.
3 Pink Snake - Liophidium Pattoni
Pink snakes, also known as Liophidium Pattoni snakes, native to Madagascar, this snake is one of the most colorful of the species because it has bright pink markings on its back. Hearing this description also shows the unique beauty of this reptile, right?
Liophidium Pattoni snakes are about 40 cm long when fully grown. With their beautiful bright pink dots on their backs, they are one of the strangest snakes in Madagascar. Their prey is small rodents and lizards.
4 Grass Snake - Rhabdophis subminiatus
Red-necked snakes are found a lot in Vietnam, they have a light brown, gray or olive head, their red neck is the most vibrant color on the body, and the belly is gray. Most especially, they have the ability to accumulate poison from their prey. They may be harmless to some warm-blooded animals, but they will be a nightmare for cold-blooded amphibians such as poisonous frogs, poisonous toads, and poisonous frogs, all of which are delicious prey for this red-necked flower snake.
These flower snakes have Nuchal glands that secrete toxins that they have ingested from eating poisonous toads and are stored in the Nuchal glands to use as their venom in defense. While both venom and poison are toxins, venom is defined as a toxin that must have a direct delivery or absorption, such as delivery directly under the skin through the bite of a venomous snake. , but this venom can still be swallowed without harm, while poison is a toxin that can cause harm through indirect absorption, such as contact or through the gastrointestinal tract.
5 Beaded Snake - Chrysopelea ornata
The beaded snake, scientifically known as Chrysopelea ornata, is usually green with stripes and black stripes, living mainly in South Asia and Southeast Asia. Their venom is quite mild, considered not dangerous to humans. The main prey of the beaded snake is small arboreal animals such as lizards, bats, rodents. They also sometimes eat bird eggs and insects.
The Chrysopelea ornata is a small snake about 130 cm in length with a green head with a black streak. This small and timid snake is usually active during the day, their main food is lizards, sometimes they go to deserted houses or houses close to the edge of the forest to catch geckos. .
6 Red-spotted snake - Oreocryptophis porphyraceus
The red-spotted snake is an Asian water snake, first scientifically described by Cantor in 1839 as Coluber porphyraceus, now considered the only species in the genus Oreocryptophis, formerly included in the genus Elaphe. The head is small, pointed and slightly square. Skin colors include red and orange with black stripes.
As a terrestrial species, the red-spotted snake prefers cool climates, so its distribution is limited in mountainous highland areas. In many cases found at elevations above 800 m in humid evergreen rainforests or monsoon forests, depending on the subspecies and region. Most of the time they hide in leaf litter, under moss beds or under rocks or trees. It is active mainly from dusk overnight to dawn the next day. Because of possessing a very attractive and benign beauty, this snake has been actively hunted as an ornamental animal.
7 Five-colored snakes
The most special feature of this snake is that it possesses iridescent scales, which can be colorful and iridescent in the sunlight. The back of the cobra is usually reddish brown, or black, the belly is gray and white without decorative motifs. Despite having such a special skin, snakes live mainly underground, burrowing under fallen leaves, under logs and in warm soil or taking advantage of burrows created by other creatures.
Like other burrowing reptiles, their body is quite round, the head is blunt, the tail is short. Adult snakes can be up to 1.3m long, on average about 80-100cm. Iridescent snakes have a rather special type of teeth, instead of being fixed in one place, the iris snake's teeth often have many small, sharp teeth - attached to the jawbone by flexible muscle fibers, creating a form of hinge.
The speech-colored snake is considered the most beautiful snake in the world. This species is found in the mountains of India, rarely seen in the wild. Its back is iridescent and its belly is separated by a bright yellow stripe. Since they are rare in the wild, not much is known about this species.
8 Honduras Milk Snake - Honduran Milk Snake
Milk snakes are found in Honduras and Nicaragua. They are one of the most beautiful water snakes, because of their strikingly colorful colors and through the process of mating humans have discovered a new line of albino milk snakes. Although called albino, they are not completely white but still have orange-yellow cavities on their bodies. Especially albino milk snakes have blood red eyes. In addition, the nature of this species is very gentle and friendly to humans, they are well adapted to artificial living conditions in many different continents. Currently popular in many countries as a unique ornamental creature.
Milk snakes, due to their ease of care and their wide range of color variations, make them one of the most popular snakes in captivity. Milk snakes have a compact average size of 90cm 130cm, a lifespan of about 12 years. Milk Snake has a slender shape with a body as big as a child's wrist, colorful colors such as black, red, white, orange, pink, sepia, 3-color cavity, 2-color cavity... They have many varieties. Such colors are meant to scare off enemies like venomous snakes, but are actually completely harmless.
9 Corn Snake - Corn Snake
Corn snakes are found mainly in the southeastern United States, Florida. They are often found in dense vegetation or on rocky hillsides, pine trees, rocky outcrops, around farms, and in county stores. Their body color is usually orange or yellow-brown, black and with a red patch down the middle of the back is a diurnal animal. Their favorite food is rodents such as mice, birds, bird eggs and even lizards. Especially this snake is non-venomous and friendly to humans, can be used as pets.
Corn snakes are slender with a length of 61 - 182 cm, they are usually orange or yellow-brown, black and have a red patch down the middle of the back. On the belly are alternated with black and white patterns, resembling a chessboard. Corn Snake is very gentle and docile, easy to tame. They are very curious about everything around and actively work to "learn". So you will enjoy watching them crawl around the lake to see everything. Corn snakes rarely bite, and are very safe for children.
10 Blue Coral Snakes
The coral snake is one of the highly venomous species found in all tropical forests of Southeast Asia and widely distributed throughout Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Borneo, it has a head and red tail while the body is blue, this is one of the most beautiful and dangerous snakes in the world, venom glands are located all over their body, even extending to the tail in some species. They often hide under leaves, garbage or tree debris, active at night.
They often hide under leaves, trash or tree debris and often risk their lives to hunt at night. Venom glands are located throughout their body, even extending to the tail in some species. The blue coral snake has a red head and tail while the body is blue, it is one of the most beautiful and dangerous snakes in the world. Coral snakes are not aggressive, most people are bitten by accidentally touching them like when gardening. If provoked, they dig their heads into the ground and wag their tails above.
Their fangs are small, so their bites are usually not affected much. However, being bitten by a snake can be life-threatening and requires medical treatment. The initial symptoms may be blurred vision, then become more visible and less swollen, but can cause muscle paralysis or respiratory or heart failure if left untreated.
Whether you love or hate snakes, you probably have to admit that many of them are very beautiful, right? You can choose some of the most benign snakes to keep as pets.
