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Serpentes

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Noun1.Serpentes - snakesSerpentes - snakes                              
Ophidia, suborder Ophidia, suborder Serpentes
animal order - the order of animals
order Squamata, Squamata - diapsid reptiles: snakes and lizards
ophidian, serpent, snake - limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
Colubridae, family Colubridae - nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species
family Typhlopidae, Typhlopidae - blind snakes
family Leptotyphlopidae, Leptotyphlopidae - blind snakes
Boidae, family Boidae - boas and pythons
Elapidae, family Elapidae - cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes
family Hydrophidae, Hydrophidae - sea snakes
family Viperidae, Viperidae - Old World vipers
Crotalidae, family Crotalidae - New World vipers: pit vipers
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Inquérito anátomo-patológico em serpentes dos gêneros Crotalus e Bothrops (Serpentes, Viperidae, Crotalinae).
Prevalence of enterobacteria in Bothrops jararaca in Sao Paulo State: ... by Marçal Bastos, Henrique; Larangeira Lopes, Luiz Fernando; Aurélio Gattamorta, Marco; Reiko Matushima / Acta Scientiarum Biological Sciences (UEM)
Theise serpentes slen men, and thei eten hem wepynge .
Whose reality are we living in? Sir Tony O'Reilly, the baron of ... by Sharife, Khadija / New African
This sums up the antihero posture Tabarra often adopts, for instance in the videos O encantador de serpentes (The Snake Charmer; all works 2007), and Linha de costa (Coastline): In the former, a man attempts to tame a constantly moving high-pressure fire hose; in the latter, an idyllic image of a body of water (projected onto the gallery's ceiling) is interrupted as a person enters the frame, desperately trying to avoid drowning as his head is forcibly plunged underwater.
Joao Tabarra: Galeria Graca Brandao/Galeria ZE DOS Bois by Amado, Miguel / Artforum International
 
 
 
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