Snake Species and

Classification
Classifying Animals
There are billions of different living organisms on earth.


Scientist created a way to name and classify organisms
according to their similarities and differences.


This system includes seven groups that are organized into
broad or general characteristics to more specific traits.
The Seven Classifying groups
Kingdom and Species
The kingdom group includes millions of different kinds of
organisms.

Species is the smallest group. Species include all animals
of the same type that can breed together.
Classification
Snakes are classified as reptilia under their class group.

Other organisms included in the reptilia group are lizard,
turtles, crocodiles and birds.

Reptiles are considered cold-blooded vertebrates that
diverged from ancestral amphibians.
The Tree
Snakes order
Snakes are under the squamata order in the classification tree.

The squamata order have the characteristic of shedding their skin.
How much a snake sheds its skin depends on its age.

Squamata order also have the characteristic of having a uniquely
jointed skull and jaw. This unique skull and jaw allows the snake to
open its mouth very wide for prey.












Breaking them down
Snakes are then broken down into further categories by family, genius
and species.
Snakes are broken down by their size, habitat, body type, diet, and how
they give birth to their young.
There are more than 3,000 snake species in the world, but that number
is debatable because not all scientist agree on how to classify each
snake!