Everything about Proteroglypha totally explained
Proteroglypha, from the
Greek words vaguely meaning 'front grooved'. The term generally refers to a group of
venomous snakes which have front of the
jaw positioned, fixed
fangs that are specially grooved for
venom delivery. This primarily includes the
elapid snakes, including the
cobras. Usually the grooves are so deep that the sides overlap forming a channel for the venom to flow directly through and into a victim. Other types of fang and venom delivery include:
solenoglyphous or 'pipe grooved', like
vipers that have hollow fangs that work not unlike a
hypodermic needle or as with many venomous
colubrid snakes that tend to be
opisthoglyphous 'rear grooved', or
aglyphous 'without grooves'.
A
king cobra skull, displaying the fixed, anterior fangs.
Some species of
cobra have a special adaptation to their fang groove, which creates openings in the anterior of each fang to allow a spitting behaviour.
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