How Many different Snakes Are There?
It is accepted today that there are a little more than 2,700 species of snakes. The sub-species count varies based on continuing discussion concerning the taxonomy of several species of snakes. Advanced identification tecqniues such as DNA have allowed our knoweldege of snake species (and lots of other creatures) to expand greatly in just the last decade. Hybrids are snakes that generally do not occur naturally in the wild, (there are a few exceptions to the rule, notably different King snakes interbreeding in the U.S. etc) several hybrids have been produced by breeders today to naturally select color patterns etc. While these hybrid snakes do increase the number of different types of snakes they are not considered new species.
