Snakes Crossword Puzzle

About the Snakes Crossword Puzzle

This puzzle covers snakes from familiar species such as cobras, boas, and garter snakes to distinctive types like bushmasters and hognose snakes. The word list also includes snake features and behaviors, including scales, venom, shedding, and constriction. It is a good fit for animal lovers, classroom nature activities, and anyone curious about reptiles and the places they live.

This crossword draws on 43 clues about Snakes. Each grid uses a different handful and fits them together a new way, so press New puzzle for another whenever you finish. The answers are in the answer key when you print, and behind the Reveal button when you play.

Sample clues

• •Common European viper (5 letters)
• •Underground tunnel used as shelter (6 letters)
• •Serpent that squeezes its prey (11 letters)
• •Reptile offspring inside protective shells (4 letters)
• •Newly emerged young reptile (9 letters)
• •Banded North American reptile often mistaken for a coral species (9 letters)
• •Fast-moving North American colubrid (5 letters)
• •Cast off an outer skin (4 letters)

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