Photos: There's a snake for every colour of the rainbow
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo/violet: There's a snake for that.
June 16 is world snake day, so we're celebrating with a reptile rainbow.
When you think of a snake, chances are, you're picturing one that's green or brown -- but it turns out they're much more diverse than that.
In fact, there's a snake for every colour of the rainbow.
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RED: THE RED BLACK MILK SNAKE
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Native to: (Southeastern) Canada, (continental) United States, Central America, (western) Ecuador, and (northern) Venezuela.
Venomous? No.
Status: Threatened in some areas, endangered in others.
ORANGE: CORN SNAKE
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Native to: Southeastern and central United States.
Venomous? No.
Status: This species is not threatened, according to the IUCN red list of threatened species.
YELLOW: BUSH VIPER
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Native to: Subsaharan Africa.
Venomous? Yes.
Status: Some species of bush viper are threatened by habitat destruction.
GREEN TREE PYTHON
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Native to: New Guinea, Indonesia, and Australia's Cape York Peninsula.
Venomous? No.
Status: This species is not threatened, according to the IUCN red list of threatened species.
BLUE: LIPPED ISLAND PIT VIPER
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Native to: Asia.
Venomous? Yes.
Status: This species is not threatened, according to the IUCN red list of threatened species -- although blue varieties of this snake are rare.
INDIGO/VIOLET: EASTERN INDIGO SNAKE
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Native to: Eastern United States.
Venomous? No.
Status: Threatened.
