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Title: What's the difference between a sea snake and an ordinary snake?
Post by: habiba on Mar 20, 2016
Like what are some anatomical differences and can a sea snake live on land, and vice versa for land snakes. In other words, would dumping a land snake in water drawn it?


Title: Re: What's the difference between a sea snake and an ordinary snake?
Post by: Nikhil verma on Aug 3, 2016
In SEA SNAKES THE END PART OF THE BODY ( remember it cannot be called as tail because it is the characteristic feature of mammals).   Becomes dorsoventrally flattened which help in swimming. Land snake cannot live in water because they do not have such an   
Adaptation. Many more physiological and morphological differences are also there.


Title: Re: What's the difference between a sea snake and an ordinary snake?
Post by: Monox D. I-Fly on Aug 30, 2016
In SEA SNAKES THE END PART OF THE BODY ( remember it cannot be called as tail because it is the characteristic feature of mammals).

Wait... You mean reptiles don't have tails? Then what's a gecko/lizard rip off when they're trying to escape predators?


Title: Re: What's the difference between a sea snake and an ordinary snake?
Post by: Nikhil verma on Sep 17, 2016
Now I agree with the above reply,  it all happens because of my school teacher ,he is a fool !!   he told us that tail is the characteristic feature of mammals .