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Yamakagashi
Rhabdophis tigrinus
A handsome rear-fanged Japanese natricine snake with unusual neck glands that sequester toxins from the toads it eats.
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| Yamakagashi | Yarara | Yellow Anaconda | Yellow-bellied Sea Snake |
List of Snakes That Start With Y
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Yarara
Bothrops diporus
A pit viper of southern South America, a close cousin of the jararaca and a major cause of snakebite in northern Argentina and Paraguay.
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Yellow Anaconda
Eunectes notaeus
A heavy yellow-and-black South American boa of the Pantanal and Chaco, smaller than the green anaconda but still among the largest snakes on Earth.
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Yellow-bellied Sea Snake
Hydrophis platurus
A fully pelagic marine elapid found drifting in open ocean across most of the Indian and Pacific, the most widely distributed snake in the world.
About snakes starting with Y
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