Poloz - a kind of snakes belonging to the family colubridae.They live in Southern Europe, North America, Asia as well as in our country.Family dinners are many and varied.
One of the largest representatives of the family is the yellow-bellied snake - a snake, reaching two meters long and is considered the largest in Europe.Many tales composed about him.For example, he persecutes people, strangling them and drags into its lair.It is fiction, but the snake snake is really capable unexpectedly and unjustly attack the man, although serious injury can cause: bites her slack, and people can simply drop the snake.Of course, it is terrible that such a whopper attacks, and yet it is not an excuse to ruthlessly kill snakes - active fighter rodents, even such large as gophers.
Not all members of this family are aggressive.Olive snake - a snake, I prefer not to talk with the man, and immediately disappear from view.It found it in Central Asia and the Caucasus, however, prefer to settle near human dwellings, sometimes in attics and gardens.
Many people do not understand, snake - a snake poisonous or not?So, his teeth, of course, there are, and flatten them he can, but do not have venom glands, that is mortal danger, he does not carry.Among the representatives colubridae is a form, which is toxic enough saliva.This colorful snake - a snake that might bite only if to grab her or scare.The rest of this reptile peaceful, in fact - at a meeting with the person gets away from him at such a rate that even trace it is not always possible.
The largest member of the family lives in the Murghab River Valley in South East Asia.It eyed snake - a snake up to 3.5 meters, very peaceful.In the most extreme case, it can use the power hitting the tail to the head.By the way, this is the second largest after the snake boa constrictor among non-poisonous reptiles.
All snakes great swim and climb trees.Some even settle in the hollows and eat, going down from the tree.Another interesting view - aesculapian snake.Snake has specific abdominal pads for climbing trees, but also on the ground, she spends a lot of time hunting and podkaraulivaya rodents.
There are also patterned, leopard, Transcaucasian snakes.They all love to feast on birds' eggs and chicks, but their benefits are overlaps caused harm.You can not say about the runners chetyrehpolosom - this snake is very harmful as rodents do not interest her, she only eats birds, ruining the nest boxes and bird houses.
deserves special attention amorous snake, two-meter snake living in the Far East.He does not afraid of people and survives well in captivity.In those places, and now in the courts sometimes creep great calm tame snakes and rodents, there is no trace.We can say that he plays the role of a cat.
all colubridae Mating occurs in May.The male twists around the female, holds her by the neck and jaws in this position, they remain about 30 minutes.Later, the female lays 10 eggs or more, of which in September will be the offspring.
runners arranged in a cooling chose the place for the winter.On the surface there are warming, around March and April.
