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1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colubridae
2 http://www.columbia.edu/itc/cerc/danoff-burg/invasion_bio/inv_spp_summ/boiga_irregularis.html
3https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boomslang
4 http://www.nature-reserve.co.za/dangerous-snakes.htm
5 http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/kids/animal-facts/common_garter_snake.asp
6http://www.arkive.org/common-garter-snake/thamnophis-sirtalis/
7 http://www.marylandzoo.org/animals-conservation/reptiles/eastern-garter-snake/
8https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reptiles_of_Michigan
9 http://www.fws.gov/sacramento/ES_Kids/Garter-Snake/es_kids_garter-snake.htm
10http://www.arkive.org/giant-garter-snake/thamnophis-gigas/
11 http://www.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_average_weight_of_a_eastern_milk_snake
12http://www.marylandzoo.org/animals-conservation/reptiles/eastern-milksnake/
13 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reptiles_of_Michigan
14https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullsnake
15 http://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/species/bullsnake/
16 http://www.funzoomiami.org/Animals/AllRegions/Reptiles/Florida-Kingsnake#17http://www.marylandzoo.org/animals-conservation/reptiles/mole-kingsnake/
18 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampropeltis_calligaster
19http://animals.mom.me/information-king-snakes-9998.html
20 http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/marssim/simhtml/organisms/blackratsnake.html
21http://www.marylandzoo.org/animals-conservation/reptiles/black-rat-snake/
22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reptiles_of_Michigan
23http://www.edmonton.ca/attractions_events/edmonton_valley_zoo/animals/vietnamese-blue-beauty.aspx
24 http://detroitzoo.org/animals/zoo-animals/mandarin-trinket-snake/
25https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinket_snake
26http://www.saczoo.org/Document.Doc?id=356
27 http://www.zoo.org/page.aspx?pid=1936#.VgB4N32PN60
28 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_snake
29https://www.softschools.com/facts/animals/tentacled_snake_facts/969/
30 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coluber_constrictor
31 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_water_snake
32https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_water_snake
33 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reptiles_of_Michigan
34 http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/information/index.asp?s=030047
35http://www.belfastzoo.co.uk/ZooHome/Animals/3559.aspx
36 http://www.belfastzoo.co.uk/ZooHome/Animals/6860.aspx
37 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storeria_dekayi
38https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_redbelly_snake
39 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reptiles_of_Michigan
40 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_brown_snake
41http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/information/index.asp?s=030035
42 http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology/fl-snakes/list/lampropeltis-elapsoides/
43http://www.reptilesofaz.org/Snakes-Subpages/h-c-occipitalis.html
44 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macroprotodon_cucullatus
45 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reptiles_of_Michigan
46https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reptiles_of_Michigan
47 http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/reptiles_amphibians/snakes_turtles/plainsgartersnake.html
48http://www.krugerpark.co.za/africa_cape_wolf_snake.html
49 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_house_snake
50 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abyssinian_house_snake
51https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reptiles_of_Michigan
52 http://www.first-nature.com/reptiles/coronella-austriaca.php
53 http://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/species/gulfsnake/
54http://www.siam-info.com/english/snakes_psamnodynastes.html
55 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_hognose_snake
56 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reptiles_of_Michigan
57http://www.arkive.org/plains-gartersnake/thamnophis-radix/
58 http://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/species/conchows/
59 http://www.krugerpark.co.za/africa_herald_or_red-lipped_snake.html
60https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_redbelly_snake
61 http://www.siam-info.com/english/snakes_homalopsinae.html
62 http://www.dfw.state.or.us/wildlife/living_with/docs/LivingWSnakes.pdf
63http://www.krugerpark.co.za/africa_common_or_rhombic_egg_eater.html
64 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reptiles_of_Michigan
65https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiga_andamanensis
66 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrelaphis_calligastra
67 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reptiles_of_Michigan
68https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray-banded_kingsnake
69 http://www.oaklandzoo.org/California_King_Snake.php
70 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaedon_capensis
71https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_snake
72 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reptiles_of_Michigan
73 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reptiles_of_Michigan
74https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reptiles_of_Michigan
75 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reptiles_of_Michigan
76 http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/information/index.asp?s=030023
77http://www.krugerpark.co.za/africa_olive_grass_snake.html
78 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_snake
79 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reptiles_of_Michigan
80https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_rat_snake
81 http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology/fl-snakes/list/masticophis-flagellum-flagellum/
82https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiga_dendrophila
83 http://www.oregonzoo.org/discover/animals/education-snakes
84 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylindrophiidae
85http://www.siam-info.com/english/snakes_cylindrophiidae.html
86 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elapidae
87 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrophiinae
88https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_cobra
89 http://wildworldofsnakes.com/wildworldofsnakes/Sizes%20of%20Snakes.html
90 http://www.snaketype.com/black-mamba/
91http://www.answers.com/Q/How_much_do_a_copperhead_snake_weigh
92 http://www.nature-reserve.co.za/dangerous-snakes.html
93 http://www.desertusa.com/animals/copperhead.html
94http://www.saczoo.org/document.doc?id=753
95 http://www.saczoo.org/document.doc?id=358
96 http://www.saczoo.org/document.doc?id=865
97https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agkistrodon_contortrix
98 http://detroitzoo.org/Animals/king-brown-snake
99 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudechis_australis
100https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastal_taipan
101 http://srelherp.uga.edu/snakes/tancor.htm
102 http://dailyknowledgetree.com/8683/common-texas-snakes/
103https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornamental_snake
104 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_death_adder
105 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_death_adde
106https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_spitting_cobra
107 http://www.reptilepark.com.au/animalprofile.asp?pid=41&id=115
108 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchieta's_cobra
109https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrelaps_ramsayi
110 http://www.nature-reserve.co.za/dangerous-snakes.html
111 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_cobra
112https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-bellied_black_snake
113 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-necked_spitting_cobra
114 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-bellied_black_snake
115http://www.reptilepark.com.au/animalprofile.asp?pid=41&id=112
116 http://goafrica.about.com/od/africasafariguide/tp/Africansnakes.htm
117https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_snake
118 http://www.expat.or.id/medical/poisonoussnakes.html
Table 2 - Extant Reptile Weights (Continued)
Reptiles
Ref.
No. of
Reptile Adult Weights and Sizes
Adult Ave.
Ave. of
Total Wt.
No.
Species
from References
Wt. Used.
Adult Ave.
Males +
from
Wt. Used
Females
Ref.
(lb)
(lb)
(lb)
Colubridae
1
1,938
1.63
6323
Brown tree snake
2
8 ft, up to 5 lb
3.75
Boomslang
3
ave. 299.4 g
0.66
Boomslang
4
1 to 1.8 m
Common garter snake
5
150 g
0.33
Common garter snake
6
46 to 137 cm
Eastern garter snake
7
about 1 lb
1.00
Eastern garter snake
8
2 to 4 ft
Giant garter snake
9
about 1 to 1.5 lb
1.25
Giant garter snake
10
to 0.7 kg, to 163 cm
Eastern milk snake
11
1 to 1.5 lb
1.25
Eastern milk snake
13
2 to 4 ft
Bull snake
14
2.2 to 3.3 lb ave. 4 to 6 ft ave.
2.75
Bull snake
15
3 to 5 ft
Mole kingsnake
17
0.5 to 1.0 lb
0.75
Mole kingsnake
18
30 to 40 in
Kingsnake
19
just over 3 lb
3.00
Black rat snake
20
2.2 kg
4.85
Black rat snake
22
3.5 to 8 ft
Vietnamese blue beauty (subspecies)
23
3 lb
3.00
Mandarin trinket snake
24
1 lb
1.00
Trinket snake
25
4.5 ft may attain
Pacific gopher snake
26
2 to 4 lb
3.00
Corn snake
27
about 2 lb
2.00
Corn snake
28
2.00 to 5.97 ft
Tentacled snake
29
5 to 7 oz 38 to 39 in
0.38
Eastern racer
30
1.226 lb typ. 20 to 60 in
1.23
Northern water snake
31
f 5.61 and 14.39 oz ave.
0.44
Northern water snake
32
m 2.85 to 5.33 oz
Northern water snake
33
2 to 4 ft
Rough earthsnake
34
about 11 in max. fairly slender
0.28
e
Brown snake (Storeria dekayi)
37
less than 12 in usually
0.45
e
Northern redbelly snake
38
to about 12 in
0.45
e
Smooth green snake
39
12 to 20 in slender
0.40
e
Texas brown snake
40
12 in ave.
0.60
e
Glossy crayfish snake
41
4 to 24 in
0.70
e
Scarlet kingsnake
42
4 to 20 in
0.60
e
Western shovel-nosed snake
43
15 in
0.75
e
False smooth snake
44
21 3/4 in usually no exceeding
0.82
e
Northern ring-necked snake
45
10 to 24 in
0.85
e
Kirtland's snake
46
12 to 18 in
0.75
e
Plains garter snake
47
1 to 2 ft
0.84
e
Cape wolf snake
48
f 558 mm m 440 mm
0.98
e
Aurora house snake
49
45 to 60 cm
1.03
e
Abyssinian house snake
50
20 to 24 in
1.10
e
Northern ribbon snake (subspecies)
51
18 to 38 in
0.93
e
Smooth snake
52
m to 60 cm f to 68 cm
0.94
e
Gulf salt marsh snake
53
15 to 30 in
1.13
e
Common mock viper
54
up to 77 cm
0.95
e
Southern hognose snake
55
14 to 24 in
0.95
e
Butler's garter snake
56
15 to 27 in
1.05
e
Plains garter snake
57
38 to 70 cm
1.06
e
Concho water snake
58
up to 3 ft
1.35
e
Red lipped snake, Herald snake
59
f 710 mm m 701 mm
1.39
e
Northern red-bellied snake
60
8 to 16 in
1.20
e
Bocourtīs water snake
61
up to 1 m
1.49
e
Western terrestrial garter snake
62
18 to 43 in
1.53
e
Rhombic egg-eater
63
f 964 mm m 595 mm
1.53
e
Queen snake
64
15 to 36 in
1.28
e
Andaman cat snake
65
2.8 ft ave. typ
1.68
e
Northern tree snake
66
to 1.2 m
1.78
e
Eastern hog-nosed snake
67
20 to 40 in
1.50
e
Gray-banded kingsnake
68
3 ft ave.
1.80
e
California kingsnake
69
at least 3 feet
1.80
e
Cape House Snake
70
f to 4 ft m 2 to 2.5 ft
1.88
e
Corn snake
71
2.00 to 5.97 ft
2.39
e
Eastern fox snake
72
3 to 5 ft
2.40
e
Western fox snake
73
3 to 5 ft
2.40
e
Gray rat snake
74
3 to 5 ft
2.40
e
Copperbelly water snake
75
4 to 5 ft
2.70
e
Eastern ratsnake, Black rat snake
76
42 to 72 in
2.85
e
Olive grass snake
77
f 1 285 mm m 1 451 mm
2.69
e
Mole snake
78
up to 6 ft 7 in
2.96
e
Blue racer snake
79
4 to 6 ft
3.00
e
Beauty rat snake
80
about 4 ot 6 ft ave.
3.00
e
Eastern coachwhip
81
50 to 72 in
3.00
e
Mangrove snake
82
6 to 8 ft ave.
4.20
e
Taiwan beauty (subspecies)
83
up to 8 ft
3.60
e
Cylindrophiidae (pipe snakes)
84
Red-tailed pipe snake
85
up to 90 cm
1.11
e
Elapidae
86
325
Less: sea snakes
87
-62
2473
King cobra
88
ave. about 13 lb
13.00
King cobra
89
3.6 to 4 m
Black mamba
90
3.5 lb
3.50
Black mamba
92
2 m ave.
American copperhead snake
93
0.5 to 0.75 lb
0.63
American copperhead snake
97
20 to 37 in
King brown snake
98
6.6 to 13 lb
9.80
King brown snake
99
4.9 ft ave. for typ.
Coastal taipan
100
6.6 lb 6.4 ft ave.
6.60
Southeastern crowned snake
101
5.2 to 9.6 in slender
0.25
e
Texas coral snake
102
to 2.5 ft
1.88
e
Ornamental snake
103
about 40 cm
1.30
e
Desert death adder
104
to 70 cm
1.73
e
Common death adder
105
2.2 to 3.2 ft
2.70
e
Red spitting cobra
106
2.3 and 3.9 ft
3.10
e
Lowland copperhead
107
around one meter
3.30
e
Anchieta's cobra
108
3.3 ft ave.
3.30
e
Highlands copperhead
109
44 in ave.
3.67
e
Cape cobra
110
around 4 ft ave.
4.00
e
Indian cobra
111
3.3 to 4.9 ft
4.10
e
Red-bellied black snake
112
1.4 m ave.
4.62
e
Black-necked spitting cobra
113
3.9 to 7.2 ft
5.55
e
Red-bellied black snake
114
1.5 to 2 m
5.78
e
Inland Taipan
115
although 1.8 m more normal
5.94
e
Eastern green mamba
116
around 6 ft ave.
6.00
e
Tiger snake
117
to 10 ft
7.50
e
Black spitting cobra
118
to 4 m
9.90
e
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8796
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