University of Florida
Florida Museum of Natural History: Identify a Florida Snake
This field guide to the snakes of Florida has everything you need to identify one, including drawings of scale patterns and excellent photographs, as well as how to recognize which ones are venomous. Also included is a section on how to...
Woodland Park Zoo
Animal Fact Sheets: Bushmaster
This animal fact sheet explains the pit vipers special adaptions, as well as, reproduction, habitat, and physical characteristics. Information on the venomous Bushmaster including a map and photo.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian National Zoo: Black Rat Snake
Find out what these snakes eat and where they live, along with other facts.
PBS
Idaho Ptv: Dialogue for Kids: Snakes
A collection of facts and links on the topic of snakes. The facts cover physical characteristics, movement, how they eat, reproduction, survival adaptations, dangerous snakes, and myths about snakes. Includes a reading list, links for...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian National Zoo: Reptile Recovery Center
This website presents fact sheets about numerous reptiles. Choose from a pull-down list between snakes, lizards, crocodilians, and turtles. The fact sheets contain information such as taxonomy, distribution and habitat, eating habits,...
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Snakes
An in-depth description of snakes, including their classification, appearance, habitat, adaptations, reproduction, diet, and other interesting facts. Also includes pictures, video, and sound bytes.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Boa
This resource provides detailed information about the boa, as well as several pictures and an audio clip.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Python
This resource provides detailed information about the python, as well as several pictures and an audio clip.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Mystic Aquarium: Thanks, Snakes!
Snakes live in many different habitats. Read about how they help humans, the threats they face, and what you can do to protect them. Includes audio narration in English and Spanish with text in English.
BBC
Bbc Nature: Wildlife: Yellow Anaconda
Explore the amazing world of the yellow anaconda by uncovering details about its distribution, behaviors, habitats, and classification through videos, photos, descriptions, and external links.
BBC
Bbc Nature: Wildlife: Rattlesnakes
Explore the exciting world of the rattlesnake by uncovering details about its distribution, behaviors, and classification through a video, photos, descriptions, and external links.
BBC
Bbc Nature: Wildlife: Black Mamba
Explore the fascinating world of the black mamba snake by learning about its distribution, behaviors, habitats, and classification through descriptions, videos, photos, news articles, and external links.
The Wild Classroom
The Wild Classroom: Snakes of the World
Learn about the great diversity of some of the most feared reptiles on Earth, snakes. Find out about camouflage, anatomy, evolution, diversity, and even some information on snake bites.
Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum: Reptiles, Amphibians and Fishes
This online exhibit from the Natural History Museum branches out in many fields to cover the broad topics of reptiles, amphibians and fishes. Thirteen subtopics are provided including several videos and informative articles.
Other
Ohio Public Library Information Center: What's That Snake?
The Ohio Public Library information network provides an extensive tool allowing users to search for snakes by name as well as by narrowing down characteristics until you've located a particular type. Myths, facts, and misconceptions are...
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Cobra
This engaging resource from the San Diego Zoo presents extensive information on cobras including details about their habitat, physical characteristics, size, diet, family life, conservation status, and fun facts. Audio clip provided.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Anaconda
This excellent resource from the San Diego Zoo presents extensive information on anacondas including details about their habitat, physical characteristics, size, diet, family life, conservation status, and fun facts.
University of Florida
Florida Museum of Natural History: Animals 1: Fur, Fins, Feathers, and More
This teacher's guide focuses on familiar animals such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Reptiles
Presents fascinating facts and colorful photos of a variety of reptiles plus a map of the location where they can be found.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: To Help the Monkey Cross the River
This poem explains how the monkey crosses a river without getting hurt.
University of Guelph
Discover Canada's Aquatic Reptiles
Site provides users with information regarding the different aspects of reptiles inhabiting Canada. Offers links to references, snakes and lizards, turtles and reptile families.
University of Florida
Cottonmouth Identification Key
An identification key for the Florida and eastern cottonmouth water moccasins.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Creepy Critter Feature
Discover all you can about various "creepy" critters, including bats, snakes, spiders, cicadas, leeches, ticks, moths, pupas, lampreys and fleas.
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PBS
Pbs Teachers: Alien Invasion: Estimating a Snake Population [Pdf]
Learn about the effects of alien species on native environments and explore biologists' use of capture/recapture statistics and analysis of sampling techniques by estimating the population size of a tagged species.