Adjective that means "snake-like"
Solution 1:
Serpentine is the snake equivalent of bovine.
of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement)
Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/serpentine
Serpent - synonym of snake
Wikipedia :
Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes
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All modern snakes are grouped within the suborder Serpentes in Linnean taxonomy,
Whereas Ophidia is a supergroup of lizards and snakes.
Ophidia is a group of squamate reptiles including modern snakes and all snake-like "lizards" closer to snakes than to other living groups of lizards.
I would however likely use reptilian or snake-like for descriptions of behaviour, viz her bovine eyes looked calmly at me
Solution 2:
Phrontistery has a list of suitable words:
ophic of, like or pertaining to serpents
ophidian of or like a snake
ophiomormous snakelike
ophiomorphic shaped like a snake
OED has ophiomorphic Having or resembling the form of a serpent; snakelike, and gives its etymology as deriving from ancient Greek ὄϕις serpent