Snakes which are not poisonous

Toxic animals usually advertise by color, behavior, or sound. Take, for example, the Poison Dart Frog - it secretes poison through its skin. These frogs are brightly colored, which acts as a visual deterrent for predators. Rattlesnakes, on the other hand, will signal their toxicity through threatening behavior and sound. When threatened, rattlesnakes will ready themselves in a striking pose and rattle their tails. Additionally , rattlesnake venom is kept in two venom sacs in the snake's mouth, which alters the shape of the mouth.

Non-venomous snakes have a circular mouths while venomous snakes, like rattlesnakes, have triangular mouths. Venom is a highly effective survival tool for many different species. Venomous animals are found throughout the world and are most often very distinctive. Along with being able to defend themselves from many predators, venomous animals are also able to take down prey which are larger and faster than themselves. Being venomous is so advantageous in the animal world in that many animals will fake it.

Known as mimicry, the mimic will take on the coloration or characteristic of the model. Both the venomous Eastern coral snake and non-venomous scarlet king snake are banded red, yellow, and black; however; the order of the colors differs just slightly.

Though both are striking in color, only the coral snake is toxic. Ribbon snakes also tend to be thinner than common garter snakes, and have narrower heads. However, these differences are hard to use unless you have a ribbon snake and common garter snake right next to each other!

Go Back to Amphibians and Reptiles Page. Explore This Park. Big Thicket National Preserve Texas. Info Alerts Maps Calendar Reserve. Alerts In Effect Dismiss. Dismiss View all alerts. Non-Venomous Snakes. Garter snake. Notice the black stripes beneath the eye, a characteristic of garter snakes. Another reliable difference is the scales along the lower jaw. Both snakes have lighter colored lower jaws, but a ribbon snake's lower jaw scales will be completely white.

Common garter snakes' scales on their lower jaws will have darker edges instead of being completely white. Fitch, H. Natural history of the milk snake Lampropeltis triangulum in northeastern Kansas. Herpetologica , Goldsmith, S. Aspects of the natural history of the rough green snake, Opheodrys aestivus Colubridae.

The Southwestern Naturalist , Hamilton, B. Journal of Herpetology , 46 4 , Pfennig, D. As the name indicates, grass green snakes have bright green upper part and yellowish belly. This coloration allows them to posses great camouflage in green vegetation.

Rough green snakes have very thin long body, reach up to a average length of 45 inches. They spend most of time on trees and low bushes in searching for food. Rough green snakes mainly eat cricketers, grasshoppers, small frogs and spiders. Bull snakes would readily strike when they get disturbed. But they are not harmful because they have no venom. They also vibrate their tail and hiss loudly on the approach of predators. Bull snakes have a length between 40 and 72 inches.

They have creamy or yellowish brown body with dark blotches. Bull snakes inhabit in pine barren and open country. Bull snakes are farmer-friendly snakes because they eat plenty of crop destroying rodents. Black rat snake is one of common snakes found in North America.

They are non-venomous and very large in size, has an average length between 4 and 6 feet. They found in rocky and wooded hillsides, open fields and mountain ledges.

When startled black snakes becomes very aggressive. They vibrate their tail in dead leaves to mimic like venomous rattle snake.

They also possess a threaten posture by wrinkle themselves into a series of twists. Like bull snakes, black rat snakes are also economically beneficial snake because they feed on crop damaging rodents. In that way farmers can also reduce the usage of chemical poisons that affect the environment. The diet list of black rat snake also includes rabbits, small birds and lizards.

Milk snakes are one of most colorful snakes in the world. They have dark blotches and lighter stripes on the body. The blotches of their body are in black and the light stripes vary from red, orange yellow or white. Milk snakes are non venomous snakes. The color pattern of milk snakes have great resemblance with venomous coral snakes. It is difficult to tell the difference between a coral snake and milk snake.

The venomous coral snakes have red, yellow, black yellow color pattern and a black head. The harmless milk snakes have black, red, black , yellow pattern and and a red head. Milk snakes inhabit in rocky slopes and forested regions of U. S and Central America. They mainly eat slugs, earthworms, crickets and insects.

Pythons are one of largest and powerful snakes in the world. There are 26 different species of pythons in the world. They live in rainforests and deserts of Africa and Asia.