单词 | mangrove snake |
释义 | > as lemmasmangrove snake mangrove snake n. any of various snakes of the family Colubridae inhabiting mudflats and mangrove swamps, esp. Boiga dendrophila, Fordonia leucobalia, and Myron richardsoni. ΚΠ 1931 R. L. Ditmars Snakes of World ix. 93 One of the larger [Boiga] is particularly handsome. This is the Mangrove Snake.., occurring from the Malay Peninsula to the Philippines... Its rear fangs are of fair size and very useful in holding feathered prey. 1982 B. F. Clough Mangrove Ecosystems in Austral. viii. 133 Fordonia leucobalia (white-bellied mangrove snake). Myron richardsonii (Gray's mangrove snake). 1994 R. Bauchot Snakes 124/1 (caption) The mangrove snake (Boiga dendrophila) in an Asian mangrove. < as lemmas |
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