# Snake

S snake 

Difficulty

6

Attacks

Bite 1d6 poison

S snake 

Difficulty

6

Attacks

Bite 1d6 poison

Base level

4

Base experience

48

Speed

15

Base AC

3

Base MR

0

Alignment

0 (neutral)

Frequency (by normal means)

2 (Quite rare)

Genocidable

Yes

Weight

100

Nutritional value

80

Size

Small

Resistances

poison

Resistances conveyed

poison (27%)

A snake:

 can swim.

 can hide under items.

 cannot pick up items.

 has no limbs.

 is an animal.
 has a serpent body.

 can lay eggs.

 is poisonous to eat.
 is carnivorous.

 is normally generated hostile.

Reference

monst.c#line1753

Snakes are a class of monster in NetHack represented by the overall symbol S. They are generally poisonous and have the capability to hide under items dropped on the ground.
The snake, S, is also the second-weakest member of this class (next to the garter snake). It is poisonous if eaten.
If a snake is created during the initial level generation process, NetHack will generate a random item for the snake to hide under.[1] This method of item generation accounts for a significant portion of the items in the archeologist quest.
In the dungeon you will encounter the following kinds of snakes:

S&nbsp;garter snake
S&nbsp;snake
S&nbsp;water moccasin
S&nbsp;pit viper
S&nbsp;python
S&nbsp;cobra
Body parts
Snake also refers to the grouping of body parts for the forms of snakes. It affects the messages referring to the appropriate body parts as follows:

Body part[2]
Description

Arm
Vestigial limb

Eye
Eye

Face
Face

Finger
Large scale

Fingertip
Large scale tip

Foot
Rear region

Hand
Scale gap

Handed
Scale gapped

Head
Head

Leg
Rear region

Light headed
Light headed

Neck
Neck

Spine
Length

Toe
Rear scale

Hair
Scales

Blood
Blood

Lung
Lung

Nose
Forked tongue

Stomach
Stomach

Encyclopedia entry

Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.  And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:  but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.  And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:  for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.  And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
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And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done?  And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.  And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:  And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

[ Genesis 3:1-6,13-15 ] 

References

↑ makemon.c in NetHack 3.6.0, line 1159: snakes get a free house

↑ hack.h in NetHack 3.4.3, line 226

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