western ring-necked snake

western ring-necked snake
noun
: a small innocuous No. American snake (Storeria occipitomaculata) that is dark gray or brown above and on the undersurface white anteriorly and reddish posteriorly — called also red-bellied snake

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • ring-necked snake — ▪ reptile       small terrestrial snake (family Colubridae (colubrid)), found widely in North America, that sports a ring or collar of contrasting colour around its neck or nape. The ring is most frequently white to yellow on an otherwise uniform …   Universalium

  • red-bellied snake — noun harmless woodland snake of southeastern United States (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑Storeria occipitamaculata • Hypernyms: ↑colubrid snake, ↑colubrid • Member Holonyms: ↑Storeria, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • snake — snakelike, adj. /snayk/, n., v., snaked, snaking. n. 1. any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas. 2. a treacherous person; an …   Universalium

  • List of reptiles of Western Australia — This is a list of reptiles of Western Australia:Crocodylia (Crocodiles);Crocodylidae * Crocodylus johnstoni (Freshwater Crocodile) * Crocodylus porosus (Estuarine Crocodile, Salt Water Crocodile)Testudines (Turtles);Chelidae * Chelodina kuchlingi …   Wikipedia

  • red-necked plover — Sand Sand, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sand snake — Sand Sand, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Diadophis punctatus — ringneck snake ringneck snake Diadophis punctatus Conservation status …   Wikipedia

  • reptile — reptilelike, adj. reptiloid /rep tl oyd /, adj. /rep til, tuyl/, n. 1. any cold blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the… …   Universalium

  • List of snakes in Missouri — This is a list of known snakes in Missouri, United States. Non venomous snakes Western Worm Snake Carphophis vermis Northern Scarlet Snake Cemophora coccinea copei Eastern Yellowbelly Racer Coluber constrictor flaviventris Prairie Ring necked… …   Wikipedia

  • Fauna of West Virginia — Fauna of West VirginiaThe life zones of West Virginia transitions from large low land farming valleys bordered with forest and meadow to high land ridge flats and heavy forestlands, some with rocky ridge line peaks. The geology allows for a… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”