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'''Snakes''' were a variety of reptiles of the suborder ''Serpentes'' on Earth. They were often seen as fearsome and representative of evil.
'''Snakes''' were a variety of reptiles of the suborder ''Serpentes'' on Earth. They were often seen as fearsome and representative of evil.


=== Known species ===
== Known species ==
A snake from [[Brazil]] was one of the animals on board the [[Ark]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark]]'')
A snake from [[Brazil]] was one of the animals on board the [[Ark]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark]]'')


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In a [[jungle]] on an [[unnamed planet (The Didus Expedition)|unnamed planet]], [[John and Gillian|Gillian]] was threatened by a hooded snake, but the [[First Doctor]] saved her by throwing his coat over it. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Didus Expedition]]'')
In a [[jungle]] on an [[unnamed planet (The Didus Expedition)|unnamed planet]], [[John and Gillian|Gillian]] was threatened by a hooded snake, but the [[First Doctor]] saved her by throwing his coat over it. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Didus Expedition]]'')


=== Food ===
== Food ==
On [[Thoros Beta]], sand snakes were consumed by the [[Mentor]]s, such as [[Kiv]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mindwarp (TV story)|Mindwarp]]'')
On [[Thoros Beta]], sand snakes were consumed by the [[Mentor]]s, such as [[Kiv]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mindwarp (TV story)|Mindwarp]]'')


=== References ===
== References ==
According to [[Greek]] [[mythology]], [[Medusa]] had snakes for hair. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mind Robber]]'')
According to [[Greek]] [[mythology]], [[Medusa]] had snakes for hair. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mind Robber]]'')


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Snakes were a variety of reptiles of the suborder Serpentes on Earth. They were often seen as fearsome and representative of evil.

Known species

A snake from Brazil was one of the animals on board the Ark. (TV: The Ark)

A type of giant snake was native to Metebelis III at some point in its history. (TV: The Green Death)

Giant purple Ice Snakes lived on Centuria. (COMIC: Enemy Mine)

The Church once fought Lava Snakes. (TV: The Time of Angels)

A giant species of snake called the Oroborus was able to consume time. (TV: Oroborus)

Another giant species of snake known as the Sythaks were native to the swamps of Palliox, a planet near Trion. In 1905, the travelling showman Thaddeus P. Wrinklemeyer had two Sythaks in his freakshow. (AUDIO: Freakshow)

In a jungle on an unnamed planet, Gillian was threatened by a hooded snake, but the First Doctor saved her by throwing his coat over it. (COMIC: The Didus Expedition)

Food

On Thoros Beta, sand snakes were consumed by the Mentors, such as Kiv. (TV: Mindwarp)

References

According to Greek mythology, Medusa had snakes for hair. (TV: The Mind Robber)

In the Arizona desert, the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble encountered an alien which had mutated into a giant rattlesnake. (COMIC: Sting of the Serpent)

Styre's experiments on Sarah Jane Smith caused her to hallucinate a snake on her arm. (TV: The Sontaran Experiment)

The Fourth Doctor angrily referred to Calib as a "rattlesnake" for having stabbed Leela with a Janis thorn. (TV: The Face of Evil)

The Mara took the form of a giant snake. (TV: Kinda, Snakedance)

Polly Wright was always afraid of snakes. (AUDIO: House of Cards)

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