What is the difference between a snake and a dragon?

Snakes are the general name of reptiles with degenerated limbs, belonging to Lepidoptera. Like all reptiles, snakes are covered with scales.

All snakes are carnivores. At present, there are more than 3000 kinds of snakes in the world.

The body is slender, the limbs degenerate, there are no movable eyelids, no ear holes, no limbs, no front legs, and the body surface is covered with scales.

Some are poisonous, but most are nontoxic. In addition, there is a "snake" in the "Zodiac".

Dragon, a mythical beast in ancient China, is also the first of the nine beasts. (And "Dragon" is a symbol of Chinese national spirit. Legend has it that the tiger must be a snake, with scales like fish, horns like deer and claws like dragon eagle. It can walk, fly, pour water, be big and small, be invisible, cross rivers and seas, swallow wind and smoke, and make clouds and rain. It is the symbol of emperors in China feudal society, and also refers to emperors and their things: dragon species, dragon face, dragon court, dragon robe, dragon palace and so on. Shaped like a dragon or equipped with a dragon totem: dragon boat, dragon lantern and dragon car. There is also a "dragon" in the "Zodiac".