any of various greyish snakes; esp. the venomous Hemiaspis damelii (family Elapidae) of Queensland, Australia.

(a) U.S. the name of various grass- or ribbon-snakes of the genus Eutænia; (b) South African the name of various banded snakes, as Elaps lacteus.

The tree-snake Dispholidus typus.

a name applied to two colubriform snakes of tropical America (see quot.).

a snake belonging to the family Amblycephalidæ.

(a) a venomous Australian snake, of the elapid genus Notechis, esp. N. scutatus; in Tasmania also called carpet-snake; (b) a slightly venomous…

spec. Any of several small, non-venomous African colubrid snakes of the genus Lamprophis (formerly Boaedon). Also with distinguishing word.

(see quots.).

A snake of the family Lycodontidæ, having caniniform teeth.

either of two brownish non-venomous colubrid snakes that burrow underground or inhabit abandoned burrows: (a) Pseudaspis cana, a large snake of…

a name given to a genus of snakes belonging to the Colubrine group of the Colubridæ.

a non-poisonous colubrid snake of the genus Mehelya, found in South Africa.

A large black colubrid snake of tropical America, Clelia clelia, which feeds on other snakes, being immune to their venom.