Snakes Quiz

Snake species:  (some answers may be used more than once)

 

Ball Python                       Black Rat Snake                          Blood Python

Blotched Kingsnake          Boa Constrictor                          Brown House Snake

Bullsnake                           Burmese Python                        California Kingsnake

Corn Snake                        Eastern Garter Snake                  Eastern Hognose Snake

Green Anaconda                Javan File Snake                         Jungle Carpet Python

Kenyan Sand Boa              Mangrove Salt Marsh Snake      Mexican Black Kingsnake

Mexican Rosy Boa            Midland Brown Snake                Northern Pine Snake

Plains Garter Snake           Pueblan Milksnake                      Red-bellied Water Snake

Speckled Kingsnake          Taiwan Beauty Snake                 Western Ribbon Snake

      

 

1.   Name the three snakes that are native to Africa.

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2.   What snake is native to Australia?

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3.   What snakes’ main diet is slugs?

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4.   Name the snakes that are livebearers.

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5.   What North American snake is captive bred in a wide variety of colors and patterns?

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6.   Name the snake that has the same scientific name and common name.

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7.   What is considered to be the heaviest snake in the world?

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8.    Native to the Island of Sumatra, the _____________________ is an ambush hunter.

 

9.   A mimic of the venomous coral snake, the ___________________________ has the same coloration but in a different pattern.

 

10.  What black and white banded snake is a California native?

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11.   The third longest snake species is the _________________________.

 

12.   What Southeast Asian snake is related to the rat snakes?

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13.   Name two subspecies of the Eastern Kingsnake.

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14.   What Sonora, Mexico snake may eat other snakes, including venomous species?

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15.    Native to the Central States, this snake is one of the larger American species.

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16.    Common in the southeast US, this snakes’ favorite prey is part of its name.

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17.    Adaptations for hunting toads include rear fangs and an upturned rostral scale describe the __________________________.

 

18. This striped boid is native to North America.

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19.   Fully aquatic the _____________________________ is almost helpless out of the water.

 

20.   Heavily keeled scales and an upturned rostral scale are characteristics of this Southeastern US snake.                 ________________________________