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Abbreviation Legend
- (CE) - Criticially Endangered
- (CI) - Critically Imperiled
- (E) - Endangered
- (I) - Introduced
- (IM) - Imperiled
- (NT) - Near Threatened
- (T) - Threatened
- (V) - Vulnerable
- (**) - Recent Classification Change
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Snakes of Alabama
Snakes are scaly, legless, sometimes venomous reptiles having a long, tapering cylindrical body. Unlike lizards they lack limbs, external ear openings and eyelids. Their life styles vary: some are active by day, others at night. Some occupy terrestrial or subterranrean situations, others live in trees or in the water. All snakes are carnivorous and swallow their prey whole. They continue to increase in length throughout their lives, but the growth rate slows after maturity is reached. Snakes periodically shed their outer layer of skin, usually in one piece beginning at the tip of the snout. The majority of snakes encounter in Alabama are nonvenomous, but often times confused with the 8 venomous species of snake found in Alabama.
There are 60 species/subspecies, representing 27 genus from 4 families, found in the State of Alabama, 8 of which are venomous (seven Vipers & one Elapid).
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