| congo snake |
see "congo eel." |
| coral snake |
any of various small, poisonous snakes marked with bands of red, yellow, and black, found in subtropic regions and the southwestern United States. |
| fox snake |
a harmless rat snake, having a yellowish color with dark patches on the back. |
| garter snake |
any of numerous small harmless striped snakes common in North America. |
| glass snake |
any of several limbless lizards of the southern United States or of Europe and Asia, having a tail that snaps or breaks off easily. |
| grass snake |
any of several common small harmless snakes, such as the garter or green snake. |
| green snake |
any of several small greenish nonpoisonous North American snakes. |
| hognose snake |
any of several nonpoisonous snakes characterized by a thick body and an upturned snout. |
| kingsnake |
any of several nonvenomous snakes of the New World that have yellow or red markings and feed mainly on rodents. |
| milk snake |
a nonpoisonous king snake found in northeastern North America. |
| mud snake |
a bluish black burrowing snake of the southeastern United States, having a red belly and a nonpoisonous spine at the tip of the tail. |
| rat snake |
any of several nonpoisonous snakes of North America and Eurasia that eat rodents and other small mammals. |
| sea snake |
any of several poisonous tropical marine snakes that have finlike tails. |
| snake charmer |
an entertainer who controls snakes, esp. venomous ones, by rhythmic music and bodily movements. |
| snake dance |
a religious ceremonial dance of certain American Indians in which live snakes are imitated or handled, esp. in the biennial ceremony of the Hopi Indians. [2 definitions] |
| snake in the grass |
someone or something that seems harmless, but is actually treacherous. |
| snake oil |
any preparation that has no real medicinal value and is fraudulently sold as a cure for many ills. |
| snake pit |
a pit in which snakes are kept. [2 definitions] |
| water snake |
any of numerous harmless snakes living in or near water. |