单词 | coral-snake |
释义 | coral-snaken. A name given locally to many different snakes marked with red zones; esp. the species of the genus Elaps found in the southern U.S. and Central America. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Elapidae or Najidae > member of genus Elaps stag-snake1668 bead-snake1737 coral-snake1758 coral-serpent1774 garter-snake1775 nachtslang1821 death adder1833 coral1852 the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Elapidae or Najidae > member of genus Micrurus (coral-snake) coral-snake1758 coral-serpent1774 Tortrix1843 coral1852 1758 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S.-Amer. I. i. vii. 62 The most poisonous are the corales, or coral snakes. 1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons I. v. 185 The Coral-snake..is a most beautiful object..banded with black and vermilion. 1874 T. Belt Naturalist in Nicaragua xvii. 320 The beautifully banded coral snake (Elaps), whose bite is deadly. 1931 R. L. Ditmars Snakes of World xiii. 165 Several genera of small species [sc. of elapine snakes]..are commonly known as Garter snakes or Coral snakes. They are small and slim with glossy scales and rather similar to the New World coral snakes, in looks and habits. 1954 J. A. Pringle Common Snakes 25 (heading) Coral Snake..Aspedilaps scutatus (Laurenti)... The Coral Snake has between twenty-seven and forty-seven black and red bands which encircle the body... It occurs in the Karoo areas of the western Cape, and South-West Africa. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1758 |
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