If you're having dreams about snakes, they are typically nightmares, but there are many meanings behind them - and not necessarily bad ones.

The coachwhip snake (Masticophis flagellum) can control the blood flow to its eyes, providing a clearer view in moments of threat. Let’s take a more in-depth look at this interesting and unusual ...

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What Snakes Live In The Florida Everglades? There are dozens of species of snakes slithering through the Floridian wilderness.

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are initiating 5-year status reviews under the Endangered Species Act for 59 species. A 5- year status review is based on the best scientific and commercial ...

The Alameda whipsnake (Masticophis lateralis euryxanthus, seen here in 2014) is one Bay Area endangered species that has benefited from the Habitat Conservation Fund that voters created in 1990. ( ...

Coachwhips and whipsnakes are part of the same genus — Masticophis. They’re long thin snakes that move fast, and to add confusion to the discussion, were lumped in together with North American Racers ...

Florida is home to a wide variety of snakes, both venomous and non-venomous. The most common venomous snakes in Florida are the Eastern diamondback rattlesnake, the timber rattlesnake, and the water ...

ABSTRACT The lack of information about anatomy, physiology and reproductive biology in many snake species makes the understanding of these free-living animals’ reproduction and reproductive ...

Striped racer snakes (Masticophis lateralis) are known as California whipsnakes. They are fast-moving snakes and competent swimmers even though they are land snakes. These fast snakes are colubrids ...