Snake
Serpentes is the broad group containing every snake in this story.
Follow This Snake
A fixed story from the snake dataset
Follow This Snake
How one species fits into the larger snake family tree.
Scene 2 · Follow the branch
Each step narrows the view, from all snakes to one individual.
Family
The larger branch containing related genera.
Genus
A more specific group containing closely related species.
Species
The individual snake featured in this story.
Acanthophis antarcticus is a useful guide through this dataset because its genus is compact enough to see as a group, but varied enough to show how one branch opens outward.
It belongs to Elapidae and sits within Acanthophis beside several other recorded species. The connected cards below keep those relatives tied to the same branch.
In this branch, the featured species is one of 8 records in its genus.
Genus records8
Family records—
Authority(SHAW, 1802)
Scene 3 · Meet the relatives
One branch, many forms
Featured
Acanthophis antarcticus
Scene 4 · Find the pattern
Records in the selected branch
Elapidae
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Acanthophis
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The genus is a compact branch in the dataset, with several species sharing the same taxonomic address while remaining distinct entries.
Scene 5 · The bigger picture
SerpentesElapidaeAcanthophisA. antarcticus
The featured snake is one small point in a much larger family. Following one branch makes snake diversity easier to see: a single species is also a doorway into a network.