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GroupSerpentes
Reptiles

๐ŸSnakes

Serpentes

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637
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Measurements
3
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Also called
Snake
Conservation status
Not evaluated

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Key measurements
Body mass
77 kg
Body length
3.9 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
27 years
All measurements โ†“
Facts and figures

Everything we know about Snakes

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
77 kgaverage6.7โ€“198 kg ยท range across the group
aggregated across members
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range across 4 member species

Body length
3.9 maverage2.34โ€“5.85 m ยท range across the group
aggregated across members
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range across 4 member species

Maximum lifespan
27 yearsaverage23โ€“32 years ยท range across the group
aggregated across members
Details โ†“

range across 4 member species

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Snakes yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

Where it sits

Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. โ€บphylumChordata
  3. โ€บfamilySerpentes
Full lineage
  1. superclassTetrapoda
  2. orderSauria
  3. superorderLepidosauria
  4. orderLizards & snakes ยท Squamata
All 10 branches โ†“
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. superorderLepidosauria
  10. orderLizards & snakes ยท Squamata
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In other languages
Ormar (sv), Schlangen (de), slanger (nb), hadi (cs), ื ื—ืฉื™ื (he), ่›‡ไบš็›ฎ (zh) โ€ฆ and 12 more languages
Animals in this group
This group covers 4 named animals, living and extinct. The figures above are averages across them.

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Scaling lab

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Tree of life

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