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| Alphalary for Snakes (167) |
| A) | Acid, Alert, Allergy, Animal, Anti-venom, Antiseptic, Antivenin, Appearance, Aquatic, Arboreal, Attentive |
| B) | Backbone, Backbone, Ball, Bite, Body, Brackish |
| C) | Carelessness, Caudal scales, Caution, Chock, Classification, Climbing, Coil, Color, Consequences, Constrict, Creeping, Creepy |
| D) | Dangerous, Dank, Dark, Deadly, Death, Desert, Discoloration, Diurnal, Dwell |
| E) | Ecotherm, Eggs, Eject, Elapids, Elongated, Endotherm, Enemy, Envenomation, Enzymes, Eyelids |
| F) | Facial pits, Fangs, First aid, Fish and Game Commission, Flexibility, Forage, Forest, Forked, Fresh water, Frightening |
| G) | Gangrene, Glands, Glands |
| H) | Habitat, Harmless, Hatching, Heat, Hemotoxin, Herpetologist, Hibernation, Hidden |
| I) | Identification, Immediate, Inactivity, Infection, Inflict |
| L) | Legless, Length, Lessons, Lethal, Lip plates, Living, Locomotion |
| M) | Marsh, Molting, Motionless, Movable, Movement, Muscles |
| N) | Neurotoxin, Nocturnal, Nonpoisonous |
| O) | Ocean, Organs, Oviparous, Ovoviviparous |
| P) | Paralysis, Pet, Pigment, Plates, Poison, Poisonous, Pond, Population, Precautions, Prey, Propel, Pugnacious, Puncture, Pupil |
| R) | Rare, Rattle, Reaction, Recovery, Regional, Reptile, Respiration, Ribs, Rodent |
| S) | Saliva, Salt marsh, Scales, Scaly-skinned, Scutes, Secrete, Serum, Shedding, Size, Smell, Snake, Soil, Species, Specimen, Speed, Sting, Stout, Strange, Streams, Structure, Substance, Succumb, Suffocate, Sun, Swamp, Swelling |
| T) | Terrestrial, Tissue, Tongue, Tongue, Treatment, Trees, Tropics, Type |
| V) | Venom, Venomous, Vent, Ventrals, Vibration, Viper, Vision, Vomit |
| W) | Warmblooded, Wave-like motion, Woods, Wound |
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Some types of poisonous snakes
Black Mamba, Canebreak rattlesnake, Coral snake, Eastern Diamond back rattlesnake, Florida Cottonmouth, Indian Cobra, Pigmy rattlesnake, Southern Copperhead,
Some types of non poisonous snakes
Blue Racers, Brown watersnake, Eastern Garter Snake, Eastern Hognosesnake, etc.
Possible discussion questions
1. Name eight classifications of snakes. Describe them and give examples of each.
2. How is it possible for snakes to survive without eating for long periods of time?
3. What purposes do snakes serve? Why are they important to the environment?
4. Snakes move in different ways. Discuss their patterns and draw examples.
5. Name some ways that humans can protect themselves against snake bites. How do snakes protect themselves
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