Random Snake Trivia

[BWSmith]

OK, so it's venomous trivia

1. What is the only Cobra to give birth to live young?

2. Name two other TERRESTRIAL elapids that give live birth.

3. What are 2 pitvipers that lay eggs?

4. What is the origin for the name of the genus Vipera?

5. What venomous snake has been well documented for building a "nest" for her eggs?

[savannah_babe]

well..from what little research ive done on hots..and from what ive heard..im not sure..but i guess i can give it a shot.. lol..dont laugh if im waaay off..ok but ill tell ya, i think this is all i know.. LOL

1. spitting cobra? maybe? lol

2.dunno

3.havent got a clue

4.who knows..

5.king cobra. im pretty sure im right on that one..lol

i have done some research on vipers before, quite a while back.. correct me if im wrong, because afterall, i probably am, but i remember reading reading something about new world pit vipers bear live young. except for two. but its been so long, like i would remember the names..lol ehh..ill stop. lol..please enlighten me!

	Venomous Reptile A term commonly used to refer to a venomous reptile. Most commonly used in reference to venomous snakes.

[Bry]

1. King Cobra

2. Taipan and um...coral snake

3. Bushmasters and copperheads?

4. They were named after the Dodge Viper

5. king cobra

Bry - stabbing in the dark

[unBOAlievable]

1. Rinkals
2. tiger snake and death adder
3. Lachesis stenophrys and melanocephala, he he
4. who cares
5. Ophiophagus hannah

It is to late for trivea dude, thy brain is not awake.

[bensnacks]

I can only give an answer to no.2 , I really should start learning
more on Vipera.

2. as you only asked for two I'll give the answer of, Curl snake(Suta suta) and Broad-headed snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides)-
Would you have of accepted Red-bellied blacks(Pseudechis porphyriachis),???

[JuliusSqueezer]

4)derived into middle english (vipere) from old french who took the word from old latin(vipera)...vus=alive ...parere=to give birth so viper either means they give live birth or in the case of my horny copperheads, they live to give birth.

[Kohm]

3. Lachesis sp., Calloselasma rhodostoma, some Trimeresurus. The Lachesis taxinomy is very disputed, about how many species there are.

[bensnacks]

I'll have a wild punt at no. 1 and say Cape Cobra, ( if thats not the
correct common name) the one which hails from southern
Sth Africa.

[Kohm]

nah Ben, unBoa got it, qns. 1 is definitely the rinkhal, Hemachatus haemachatus.