The giraffe's prehensile tongue is about 50 cm (20 in) long. It is purplish-black in colour, perhaps to protect against sunburn, and is useful for grasping foliage, as well as for grooming and cleaning the animal's nose. The upper lip of the giraffe is also prehensile and useful when foraging.
This common species, often referred to as the âchicken snake,â occurs across all of Tennessee. Description: A large snake (42.0 to 72.0 inches in length) with a variable color pattern. Dorsal color is usually black spackled with bits of white between scales and having a light throat. Some specimens may be gray with blotches of brown or darker gray on back. Scales are slightly keeled.
The hatchling snakes are approximatly 22cm (8 1/2) in length, uniform brown in colour and are distinguished by a dark brown to black head and neck, with a redish/orange/brown band, about 5mm wide.Due to colour banding this snake is sometimes referred to as a Diamond headed snake.he Brown Snake has a narrow head in apperance, with a slender body. the colour may range from beige to silver, cream, brown, light tan to orange, dark brown and some times even black. This reptile is Oviparous (egg laying), producing from 10-30 eggs.