Serpentes

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Serpentes is the suborder of legless, elongated reptiles commonly known as snakes, encompassing a diverse group of carnivorous species found worldwide.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Serpentes canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf clade ⓘ
taxonomic suborder ⓘ
characteristic Jacobson’s organ for chemoreception ⓘ
ability to swallow prey larger than head ⓘ
amniote vertebrates ⓘ
carnivorous diet ⓘ
ecdysis (shedding of skin) ⓘ
elongated body ⓘ
forked tongue ⓘ
highly flexible skull ⓘ
internal fertilization ⓘ
lack of external limbs ⓘ
legless body ⓘ
scaled skin ⓘ
class Reptilia ⓘ
commonName snakes ⓘ
contains Boidae ⓘ
Colubridae ⓘ
Dipsadidae ⓘ
Elapidae ⓘ
Homalopsidae ⓘ
Lamprophiidae ⓘ
Natricidae ⓘ
Pythonidae ⓘ
Typhlopidae ⓘ
Viperidae ⓘ
diet eggs ⓘ
invertebrates ⓘ
vertebrates ⓘ
distribution worldwide except Antarctica ⓘ
ecologicalRole mesopredators and apex predators in many ecosystems ⓘ
evolutionaryOrigin derived from lizard-like ancestors ⓘ
fossilRecord Cretaceous period ⓘ
habitat arboreal habitats ⓘ
fossorial habitats ⓘ
freshwater habitats ⓘ
marine habitats ⓘ
terrestrial habitats ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
locomotion concertina locomotion ⓘ
lateral undulation ⓘ
rectilinear locomotion ⓘ
sidewinding ⓘ
order Squamata ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction oviparous in many species ⓘ
ovoviviparous in some species ⓘ
viviparous in some species ⓘ
sensoryAdaptation heat-sensing pits in some lineages ⓘ
superorder Lepidosauria ⓘ
venom many species possess venom ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indian python → suborder → Serpentes ⓘ
Acanthophis hawkei → belongsToSuborder → Serpentes ⓘ
Scleroglossa → includesTaxon → Serpentes ⓘ
Lepidosauria → contains → Serpentes ⓘ
Apodora → suborder → Serpentes ⓘ
Antaresia maculosa → suborder → Serpentes ⓘ