Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of numerous, widely distributed, chiefly nonvenomous snakes of the family Colubridae, which includes the king snakes, garter snakes, and water snakes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A snake of the family Colubridæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun any member of a large family (
Colubridae ) of mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any
snake in the familyColubridae , completely covered inscales and mostlynonvenomous .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The Eastern Arc Mountains and Southern Rift are home to more than 35 of these endemic species, including eight species of chameleons (six Chamaeleo and two Rhampholeon), three species of worm snakes (Typhlops), and six species of colubrid snakes.
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The small colubrid snakes of the genus Rhabdophis have a shady past in the pet trade.
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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A new species of the colubrid genus Dendrelaphis Boulenger 1890 is described.
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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But the limited information suggests that the critically endangered turtle Pelochelys cantorii, the geckos Gehyra lacerata and Gekko petricolus, the agamid lizard Ptyctolaemus phuwuanensis, the two skinks Isopachys borealis and Lygosoma koratense, the earth snake Typhlops khoratensis, and the colubrid snake Oligodon hamptoni are ecoregional endemics.
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The single endemic colubrid (Liophis perfuscus) has a very restricted distribution in the hilly, extreme east central portion of the island which is relatively mongoose free and not affected by sugar cane production.
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The strictly endemic reptiles include ten species of chameleons (seven Chamaeleo and three Rhampholeon), three species of worm snakes (Typhlops), and six species of colubrid snakes in four genera.
Eastern Arc forests 2007
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Of course, the entire colubrid group is a garbage can containing everything but the kitchen sink.
In the, "it's so sad, it's funny" category today... - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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Of course, the entire colubrid group is a garbage can containing everything but the kitchen sink.
In the, "it's so sad, it's funny" category today... - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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The systematic status of the colubrid snake, Leptodeira discolor Günther.
Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban
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Other popular species are the colubrid snake, veiled chameleon and crested gecko.
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