What is the heaviest type of snake?
Snake core alethinophidians, uropeltids ("Cylindrophis", "Anomochilus", uropeltines), macrostomatans, booids, boids, pythonids and caenophidians. While snakes are limbless reptiles, which evolved from (and are grouped with) lizards, there are many other species of lizards which have lost their limbs independently and superficially look similar to snakes. These include the slowworm and glass snake. The now extinct "Titanoboa cerrejonensis" snakes found were in length. By comparison, the largest extant snakes are the reticulated python, which measures about long, and the green anaconda, which measures about long and is considered the heaviest snake on Earth at . At the other end of the scale,
Stokes's sea snake position. Cogger later refused to recognize the placement of "stokesii" into "Disteira". Stokes's sea snake Stokes's sea snake ("Hydrophis stokesii") is a large species of sea snake in the family Elapidae. It is sometimes placed in its own genus Astrotia. The species is endemic to tropical Indo-Pacific oceanic waters. Both the specific name, "stokesii", and the common name, Stokes' seasnake, are in honor of Royal Navy Admiral John Lort Stokes. Stokes's sea snake is one of the heaviest and stoutest seasnakes, with the longest fangs of any marine snake. Its fangs are long enough to pierce a wetsuit. Its mid-ventral