Snake Physiology

Snake Physiology
Jörmungandr (Norse Mythology). the World Serpent.
Power/Ability to:	Have traits and abilities of a snake.

"Nature has made snakes deadly and precise predators."

― S. L. Hamilton, Snakes

"Say hello to Mr. Snake. Serpentine, safe-cracking machine. Imagine Houdini but with no arms. Kind of guy who’d tell you the glass is half empty, then steal it from you."

― Mr. Wolf on Mr. Snake (Bad Guys)

"A snake, am I? Perhaps you'd like to see how ssssssssSNAKE-LIKE I CAN BE!!"

― Jafar (Aladdin)

The power to have traits and abilities of a snake. Technique of Snake Manipulation. Variation of Reptilian Physiology.

Also Called

• Serpent Body/Mimicry/Physiology/Form/Transformation
• Serpentine Body/Mimicry/Physiology/Form/Transformation
• Snake Body/Mimicry/Form/Transformation

Capabilities

Users either are or can mimic/transform into snakes, gaining a plethora of special abilities, traits and attributes, such as scales that increase defensive capabilities, extremely dangerous venom, seismic senses and many physical capabilities.

Applications

• Body Shedding
• Burrowing
• Camouflage
• Constriction
• Crushing
• Dermal Armor/Scale Manifestation
• Enhanced Agility
• Enhanced Durability
• Enhanced Flexibility/Elasticity
  • Flexible Skeleton
  • Flexible Organs
• Enhanced Lung Capacity
• Enhanced Senses
  • Enhanced Smell
• Enhanced Speed
• Enhanced Stealth
• Enhanced Strength
• Fang Retraction
• Forked Tongue
• Hyper Climbing
• Hyper Crawling
• Serpentine Tail
  • Prehensile Tail
• Prehensile Torso
• Seismic Sense
• Snake Swarming
• Speed Swimming
• Super Bite
  • Elastic Jaws
• Venomous Fangs

Variations

• Boidae (boas and anacondas): Constriction, Crushing, Enhanced Strength
  • Green Anaconda: Unnatural Size, Constriction, Crushing, Enhanced Strength
  • Titanoboa/Extinct: Unnatural Size
• Caenophidae
  • Colubridae (typical snakes)
  • Elapidae (seasnakes, cobras, adders, kraits, mambas, etc): Venomous Fangs, Environmental Adaptation
  • Viperidae (vipers): Venomous Fangs
    • Crotalinae (pit vipers): Thermoreception
• Pythonidae (pythons): Constriction, Crushing, Enhanced Strength, Thermoreception

Mythical Snakes:

• See Also Legendary serpents.
• Amphiptere
• Amphisbaena: Multiple Heads, Venomous Fangs
• Bashe
• Basilisk
• Boitatá
• Horned Serpent: Disease Manipulation, Horn Protrusion, Rainbow Manipulation, Weather Manipulation (particularly rain, storms, lightning, and thunder), various others by cultural description.
• Ichchadhari Naags\Naagins: Shapeshifting
• Jörmungandr
• Naga
• Ophiotaurus
• Ouroboros
• Quetzalcoatl
• Sea Serpent
• Tannin
• Tsuchinoko
• Typhon: Earth Ball Projection(kindled rocks), Eruption Inducement, Fire Vision, Flame Head, Flammable Saliva, Hot Air Generation, Lava Breath, Miasma Emission, Multiple Arms, Multiple Heads, Supernatural Strength, Poisonous Saliva, Snake Den, Snake Hair, Tornado Creation, Toxic Rain Generation, Unnatural Size, Wind Generation, Wing Manifestation.
• Uwabami/Daija/Orochi: Unnatural Size, Weather Manipulation
• Yamata no Orochi
• Yato-no-kami: Horn Protrusion, Shinto Deity, Guardianship

Associations

• Animal Imitation/Animal Morphing
  • Animal Strength
• Egg Manipulation
• Gorgon Physiology
• Hydra Physiology
• Lamia Physiology
• Leviathan Physiology
• Prehensile Tongue
• Reptilian Physiology
• Seductive Magnetism
• Seraphim Physiology
• Snake Manipulation
• Snake Regeneration
• Superior Human Physiology

Snakes are associated with a great number of mystical and supernatural abilities and connections in mythology and folklore, thus users with this power may have access to: Clairvoyance up to Nigh-Omniscience, Ouroboros Physiology, Demon, Fallen Angel or Genie Physiology, Earth Manipulation, Fertility/Creative Life Force, Guardianship, Healing, Poison-Fire Manipulation, Semi-Immortality/Immortality, Shapeshifting/Omnifarious, Regenerative Healing Factor, Hypnosis, Treachery Embodiment, Cycle and even Eternity Embodiment.

Limitations

• May be deaf.
• The mongoose are snakes' natural predators.
  • Weasels are also a deadly enemy of serpents.
• Like all reptiles, snakes tend to get sluggish and hibernate in cold temperatures.
• Some snakes have very poor vision.
• Many users of this power may be missing hands, feet, legs, and/or arms.

Known Users

See Also: Snake and Serpent Tropes.

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Rattleoid (Bakugan)
• Serpenoid (Bakugan)
• Cyan Sung-Sun (Bleach)
• Obanai Iguro (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
• Serpent Demon (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
• BioQuetzalmon (Digimon)
• Hubmon (Digimon)
• Quetzalmon (Digimon)
• Sandiramon (Digimon)
• Seadramon (Digimon)
• Princess Snake (Dragon Ball)
• Wannie-Wannie/Nyorori (Eto Rangers)
• Kinana/Cubellios (Fairy Tail)
• Ophiuchus (Fairy Tail)
• Ayame (Fruit Basket)
• Jörmungandr (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
• Serpent Vampire/Vamp Wolf (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
• Poison Cobra (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
• Jedun (Konjiki no Gash Bell!)
• amata Ken (Love Monster)
• Chimera (Marchen Awakens Romance); fused with the Ghost ÄRM, Hydra
• Jagooja (Mazica Party)
• Cobratan (Mazica Party)
• Najimi Ajimu (Medaka Box); with Caterpillar Waist (Biological Skill)
• Saphentite "Sapphee" Neikes (Monster Girl Doctor)
• Lamias (Monster Musume)
  • Miia
  • Miia's Mother
• Aoda (Naruto)
• Kabuto Yakushi (Naruto)
• Manda (Naruto)
• Manda II (Naruto)
• Orochimaru (Naruto)
• Boa Marigold (One Piece)
• Boa Sandersonia (One Piece)
• Kurozumi Orochi (One Piece)
• Znake/Ivy of the Gangreen Gang (Powerpuff Girls Z)
• Lamias (Rosario+Vampire)
  • Ririko Kagome
• Melascula (Seven Deadly Sins)
• Medusa Gorgon (Soul Eater)
• Mother Snake (Toriko)
  • Quinn
  • Snake King

Cartoons

• Evil Snake (The Adventures of Little Carp)
• Cydne (101 Dalmatians: The Series)
• Queen Orial/The Dark Queen (Argai: The Prophecy)
• Ssserpent (Ben 10: Alien Force/Ultimate Alien)
• Snakes (Brandy & Mr. Whiskers)
• Slither (Casper's Scare School)
• Chuck Chicken (Chuck Chicken Power Up) in Winding Snake mode
• Ophidians (DC Animated Universe)
• Serge (Flipper and Lopaka)
• Viper (Heroes of Goo jit zu)
• Axor (Godzilla Hannah Barbera Cartoon)
• King Cobra (Godzilla: The Series)
• Camille (Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts)
• Giant Anaconda (Kong: King of the Apes)
• Cobra (Legend of the Dragon)
• Serpentine (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
• King Hiss (Masters of the Universe)
• Snake Men (Masters of the Universe)
• Bio-Constrictor (Max Steel)
• Sass (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
• Agent Snake (Phineas and Ferb)
• Sanford D. Ingleberry/Snake of the Gangreen Gang (Powerpuff Girls)
• Snakes (Sanjay and Craig)
  • Craig Slithers
  • Ronnie Slithers
• Doctor Viper (Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron)
• Rudolph Cobrato (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, 1987 TV series)
• Hamato Miwa/Karai (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, 2012 TV series); via mutagen
• Snake/Guardian of the Cave (Teen Titans 2003)
• Cedric (W.I.T.C.H.)

Comics

• Lord Mordred Hood (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Copperhead (DC Comics)
• Whisper A'Daire/Snake Fatale (DC Comics)
• Hss. Marvel (Earth-8311) (Marvel Comics)
• Jormungand (Marvel Comics)
• Nagraj (Raj Comics)
• Snake-Eyes (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/The Mighty Mutanimals)
• Lord Hebi (Usagi Yojimbo)
• Snake People (Various)
• Hss. Marvel (Marvel Comics)

Folklore/Mythology

• Quetzalcoatl (Aztec Mythology)
• Satan (Christianity); cursed
• Ouroboros (Greco-Egyptian Mythology)
• Gorgons (Greek Mythology)
  • Medusa
  • Stheno
  • Euryale
• Hydra (Greek Mythology)
• Python (Greek Mythology)
• Nāga (Hinduism/Buddhism)
• Snake demons (Japanese/Chinese/Korean Mythology)
  • Yamata-no-Orochi (Japanese Mythology)
• Lilith (Judaism)
• Samael (Judaism)
• Leviathan (Judeo-Christianity)
• Jörmungandr (Norse Mythology)
• Bakunawa (Philippine Mythology)
• Yuxa (Tatar Folklore)

Literature

• Glait (Chronicles of Amber)
• Logrus (Chronicles of Amber)
• Snake People (Cthulhu Mythos)
• Yig (Cthulhu Mythos)
• Reeah (Deltora Quest)
• Quintus Cassius (The Dresden Files)
• Lord Voldemort/Tom Riddle (Harry Potter)
• Snakes (Redwall)
  • Asmodeus Poisonteeth
• Kaa (Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book)
• The Incredibly Deadly Viper (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
• Jaji (Sea of Patchwork Cats)

Live Television

• Cyber-Snake (Big Bad Beetleborgs)
• Machida (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Olvikan (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Mara (Doctor Who)
• Colony Sarff (Doctor Who)
• Snake Woman (Escape the Night)
• Constrictor (Heroes)
• Cobra Man (Kamen Rider 1)
• Venosnaker (Kamen Rider Ryuki)
• Cobra Type Roidmudes (Kamen Rider Drive)
• Blood Stalk/Kamen Rider Evol Cobra Form (Kamen Rider Build)
• Tsupparihebi (Kamen Rider Gotchard)
• Sakura Igarashi/Kamen Rider Jeanne (Kamen Rider Revice)
• Halimaw na Ahas (Kidlat)
• Serpentina (Power Rangers: Mystic Force)
• Smokescreen (Power Rangers: Dino Charge)
• Diplas (Ultraman Dyna)
• Alisa (Shoebox Zoo)
• Titanoboa (Primeval: New World)

Movies

• Anaconda (Anaconda)
• Maddie (Back to the Outback)
• Mr. Snake (The Bad Guys)
• Jafar (Disney's Aladdin)
• Kaa (Disney's The Jungle Book/The Jungle Book 2016)
• Sir Hiss (Disney's Robin Hood)
• Nagini (Harry Potter)
• Queen Reptilla (Kong: King of Atlantis)
• Zaina (Koati)
• Snakes (Kung Fu Panda)
• Nun-Chuck (Minions: The Rise of Gru); briefly
• Rajni (Nagina)
• Piranhaconda (Piranhaconda)
• RattleSnake Jake (Rango)
• Snakes (Sahara, 2017)
• Qingqing (The Sorcerer And The White Snake)
• Susu (The Sorcerer And The White Snake)
• White Mamba (Space Jam: A New Legacy)
• Python (Stan Lee's Lightspeed)
• Anacondans (Star Wars)
  • Cinch
  • Morley
• Dragonsnakes (Star Wars)
• Mozzler (Thunder of Gigantic Serpent)
• Slither (Treasure Buddies)
• Lutador (Vivo)
• Larry (The Wild)
• Snake Demons (White Snake)
• Viper (The Wolverine)
• Henri Desjardins (The Taking of Deborah Logan)
• Giant Sea Serpent (King Kong Escapes)
• Giant Boa (King Kong 1976)
• Garasharp (Gamera)
• Warbat (Godzilla vs Kong)

RPGs

• Mormo (Scarred Lands)
• Fulgrim (Warhammer 40K)
• Snake People (Various)

Video Games

• Pythia Operators (Arknights)
  • Eunectes
• Snake Balls/Great Snake Balls (Bloodborne)
• Snake Parasite (Bloodborne)
• Scylla (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Snake Fruit Cookie (Cookie Run Ovenbreak)
• Primordial Serpents (Dark Souls)
  • Kingseeker Frampt
  • Darkstalker Kaathe
• Serpent Soldiers (Dark Souls)
• Serpent Mages (Dark Souls)
• Man Serpents (Dark Souls III)
• Giant Man Serpents (Dark Souls III)
• Rattly (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)
• God-Devouring Serpent/Praetor Rykard (Elden Ring)
• Python (God of War)
• Jörmungandr (God of War)
• Slitherfang (Horizon)
• Ouroboros (Kaiju Combat)
• Coily Rattler (Kirby Series)
• Ssnacker (Kirby and the Forgotten Land)
• Cassiopeia (League of Legends)
• Dalamadur and Shah Dalamadur (Monster Hunter Series)
• Snake Wyverns (Monster Hunter Series)
  • Najarala
  • Remobra
• Lamias (MonsterQuest)
• Echidnas (MonsterQuest)
• Medusas (MonsterQuest)
• Snowager (Neopets)
• Nuregami (Okami)
• Nuregami's child (Okamiden)
• Serpentine Pokémon (Pokémon)
  • Ekans/Arbok
  • Onix/Steelix
  • Dunsparce/Dudunsparce
  • Seviper
  • Rayquaza
  • Snivy/Servine/Serperior
  • Zygarde; 50% Forme
  • Silicobra/Sandaconda
• General Snake (Puppeteer)
• Great Serpent (Sekiro Shadows Die Twice)
• Cobra Cadabra (Skylanders)
• Fire Vipers (Skylanders)
• Pit Boss (Skylanders)
• Rattle Shake (Skylanders)
• Sand Monster (Skylanders)
• Water Vipers (Skylanders)
• Nu Wa (Smite)
• Jormungandr (Smite)
• Lyric the Last Ancient (Sonic Boom)
• Sethrak (Warcraft)
• Vipers (XCOM 2)
• Trowsser (Yooka-Laylee)
• Titanoboa (ARK: Survival Evolved)

Card/Tabletop Games

• Snake-themed Monsters (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
  • Venom Archetype
  • Reptilianne Archetype
  • Wattcobra
  • Black Mamba

Web Original

• Entity 75 - "Wranglers" (The Backrooms)
• Entity 422 - "Pipe Lurkers" (The Backrooms)
• Entity-41-FR: Rosko's Basilisk (The Backrooms)
• Sir Pentious (Hazbin Hotel)
• The Horned Serpent/George Washington (The Monument Mythos)
• King Taijitu (RWBY)
• SCP-2584 - Loop Snakes (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-3000 - Ananteshesha (SCP Foundation)
• Erpain the Python (Super Smash Adventures)
• Vexoria the Sun Eater (Vtuber)

Known Objects

• Serpent Ring (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe 2002)
• Cobra Medal (Kamen Rider OOO)
• Cobra Vistamp (Kamen Rider Revice)
• Hebi Hebi no Mi series (One Piece)
  • Model: Anaconda (One Piece)
  • Model: King Cobra (One Piece)
  • Model: Yamata no Orochi (One Piece)

Gallery

Cynde (101 Dalmatians: The Series)

Yuan-ti (AD&D)

The Anaconda (Anaconda)

An Anaconda (Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid) squeezing it's victim before devouring him.

Lyric the Last Ancient (Sonic Boom)

Lord Mordred Hood (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog), a Mobian cobra.

Cyan Sung-Sun (Bleach) as a snake-like Hollow before she became an Arrancar…

… her released form, Anaconda.

Lola Boa (Brandy & Mr. Whiskers)

Machida (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Olvikan (Buffy the vampire slayer)

Yig (Cthulhu Mythos)

Jafar (Disney's Aladdin) using his sorcery to turn himself into a giant cobra.

Kaa (Disney's The Jungle Book)

Sir Hiss (Disney's Robin Hood)

Snake/Guardian of the Cave (Teen Titans 2003)

Marilith (Final Fantasy)

Ayame as the snake of the zodiac (Fruit Basket)

Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter) developed snake-like features after his ravinement. His lack of nose, eyebrows, hair and deathly pale skin are features of common reptilian species.

Nagini (Harry Potter) is a Maledictus, carrying a blood-born curse that eventually transformed her into a snake permanently.

Jormungandr (God of War), the World Serpent.

Lausenschlanges (Grimm) are quite snake-like- with a forked tongue, slit pupils, and scaly skin.

Orochimaru (Naruto) using his Eight Branches Technique to transform into a giant eight-headed colossal serpent.

...later revealing his true form.

After splicing his DNA with Orochimaru's, Kabuto Yakushi (Naruto) underwent a dramatic change into a similar form as his master's.

Snowager (Neopets) sleeping on a bunch of toys.

Serpentine (Snake people) from Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu.

Boa Sandersonia (One Piece) ate the Hebi Hebi no Mi, Model: Anaconda, giving her the ability to turn into an anaconda hybrid or a full anaconda at will.

Because she ate the Hebi Hebi no Mi, Model: King Cobra, Boa Marigold (One Piece) has the ability to either become a king cobra hybrid or full king cobra.

Kurozumi Orochi (One Piece) ate the Hebi Hebi no Mi, Model: Yamata-no-Orochi.

Nola (One Piece) is an enormous python who has been living on Upper Yard for over 400 years.

Serpentina (Power Rangers: Mystic Force)

Jedun (Konjiki no Gash Bell!) is a demon who resembles a snake and has the ability to create snakes with his spells.

Leviathan (Abrahamic Mythology)

Rattle Shake (Skylanders SWAP FORCE)

Medusa Gorgon (Soul Eater), as a Snake Witch, has many snake-like abilities…

…and can transform into a snake.

Jaji (Sea of Patchwork Cats)

Ririko Kagome (Rosario+Vampire)

Various sub-species of lamia (Monster Musume)

Miia (Monster Musume)

Miia's Mother (Monster Musume)

Viper (Kung Fu Panda)

Rudolph Cobrato (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 TV series)

Hamato Miwa/Karai (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series), mutated into a serpent.

The Mara's (Doctor Who) true form is that of a huge serpent

Colony Sarff (Doctor Who) is a being composed of multiple snake-like creatures

Piranhaconda (Piranhaconda)

Kaa (Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book)

Mozzler (Thunder of Gigantic Serpent)

Asmodeus Poisonteeth (Redwall)

Queen Orial/The Dark Queen (Argai: The Prophecy), an anthropomorphic cobra.

Lord Hebi (Usagi Yojimbo)

Slips Python (My Gym Partner's a Monkey)

Snake (The Powerpuff Girls), of the Gangreen Gang.

Snake-Eyes (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/The Mighty Mutanimals), an anthropomorphic snake.

The Ghost ÄRM, Hydra fused Chimera (Marchen Awakens Romance) with a giant serpentine monster.

Serpent-people (Cthulhu Mythos)

Ouroboros (Pathfinder)

Serpent-people (Pathfinder)

Naga (Pathfinder)

Water naga (Pathfinder)

Dark naga (Pathfinder)

Sethrak (Warcraft)

Reptilianne Naga (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Camille (Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts)

Nu Wa (Smite) Guardian of Heaven.

Jormungandr (Smite) The World Serpent.

Sass (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir) is the kwami that grants magic power to the Snake Miraculous, granting powers to the owner of the Miraculous.

Kaa (The Jungle Book 2016)

Evil Snake (The Adventures of Little Carp), an anthropomorphic Sea Snake who pretends to be a dragon king by wearing horns and wears fake blue skin which resembles a hood.

Sandiramon (Digimon) the Snake Deva.

Sir Pentious (Hazbin Hotel), a snake demon.

Arbok (Pokemon)

Seviper (Pokémon)

Snivy, Servine and Serperior (Pokémon)

Dunsparce (Pokémon)

Dudunsparce (Pokémon)

Ajar and Eva (Sahara 2017 movie)

Ailsa (Shoebox Zoo)

Cobra Vistamp (Kamen Rider Revice)

Jörmungandr (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)

Serpent Vampire (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)

Viper (X-Men Movies)

Nyorori (Eto Rangers)

Ratty (Donkey Kong)

Jagooja (Mazica Party)

Ethan the Vegan Boa Constrictor (Dustinteractive)

Hss. Marvel (Marvel Comics)

Vexoria (VTuber)

Nuregami (Okami series)

Snake King (Hero 108)

Summer (Spiritfarer) is an anthropomorphic snake.

Mr. Snake (The Bad Guys)

Maddie (Back to the Outback)

Craig (Sanjay and Craig)

Chuck Chicken (Chuck Chicken Power Up) in Winding Snake mode

Giant Sea Serpent (King Kong Escapes)

Axor (Godzilla Hannah Barbera Cartoon)

King Cobra (Godzilla: The Series)

Ouroboros (Kaiju Combat)

Diplas (Ultraman Dyna) is a cobra-like Kaiju.

Slitherfang (Horizon)

Snake Fruit Cookie (Cookie Run Ovenbreak) in their humanoid form...

...and dragon form.

Trowsser (Yooka-Laylee)

Rattlesnake Jake (Rango)