iHerp Australia Issue 1 | Page 41

Left: the Tentacled Snake’s elongated ‘tentacles’ assist to detect prey in murky water. Image by J. Lamarch. Below: the Madagascar Leaf-nosed Snake is unique in ex- hibiting sexual dimorphism in their exaggeratedly elongated snouts. Image by Alex Telford. Source: Creative Commons https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en