The meaning and symbol of snakes

Snake in ancient China symbolizes gods, dragons, wealth and good luck, and is a very auspicious symbol.

Snakes (scientific name: Serpentiformes) are a type of animal under the phylum Chordata and the class Reptile. The body is long and slender, divided into three parts: head, trunk and tail. It has no limbs or claw-like hind limbs on both sides of the transverse cloaca of lower snakes; the whole body is covered with scales; the head has different shapes, and the nostrils are located On the rostral side, but species of Hydrophidae that live in the sea for life are located on the dorsum of the rostral side; there is a protective transparent skin outside the eyeball, the pupil is round, vertical oval or horizontal oval, no movable eyelids, and the lens is almost spherical. ; The tongue is slender and bifurcated; the premaxilla (only pythons have teeth), maxilla, palatine, pterygoid and dentary are attached with teeth with backward curved tips. However, the size and number of the teeth are very different. The structure varies with different snake species; the tail is significantly shorter than the head and body.