Is a snake vertebrate or an invertebrate?

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Snake:
Snakes are creeping animals which is included in the class reptilia.
Class reptilia is included in the subphylum Vertebrata.
Vertebrates have a vertebral column which is derived from the embryonic notochord.
Snake also possesses the vertebral column and hence it is a vertebrate.

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