| Snakes do not have limbs. They are just elongated | | | | rearward-moving 'waves'. |
| structures. How do they move? Do you know that | | | | Sidewinding- |
| some snakes can move faster than a human? Did | | | | This method is used mainly by colubroid snakes like |
| you know that snakes are found everywhere in the | | | | the viper. This method of movement is used by |
| world except Anartica? They are found in forests, | | | | snakes when there is no terrestrial imperfection for |
| gardens, rocky areas, deserts, water, islands and | | | | the snake to push against like a desert region. |
| everywhere you an imagine! Snakes use their bodies | | | | Sidewinding is a modified form of lateral undulation in |
| in a special way to get to where they need to. Their | | | | which the snake moves the body segments oriented |
| senses are specially equipped for the quick actions | | | | in one direction remain in contact with the ground, |
| they need to take to survive. | | | | while the other segments are lifted up, resulting in a |
| There are three ways in which snakes use their | | | | peculiar 'rolling' motion. |
| bodies for locomotion - | | | | Rectilinear Locomotion- |
| Lateral Undulation- | | | | This is the slowest method by which snakes move. |
| Snakes use this method for motion in water and | | | | In this method, snakes lift the scales and move them |
| some snakes use method for movement on land too. | | | | forward by pulling the body along with the scales. |
| In this method, the body of the snake flexes to the | | | | This method is used by pythons, boas and vipers. |
| left and to the right, resulting in a series of | | | | |