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Definition of Genus callophis
1. Noun. Asian coral snakes.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Elapidae, Family Elapidae
Member holonyms: Asian Coral Snake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Callophis
Literary usage of Genus callophis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Darwinism: An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection, with Some of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1891)
"... while some species of the genus Callophis (belonging to the same family as
the American Elaps) have large poison fangs, other species of the same genus ..."
2. Darwinism and Politics: With Two Additional Essays on Human Evolution by David George Ritchie (1901)
"... while some species of the genus Callophis (belonging to the same family as
the Elaps) have very large poison-glands in the body-cavity, other species of ..."
3. Spolia Zeylanica by Colombo Museum, National Museums of Sri Lanka, National Museums of Ceylon (1908)
"396) shows that the genus Callophis has no maxillary teeth behind the fangs.
It is obvious from this that the characters made use of by this authority to ..."
4. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1870)
"... materials in the British Museum and of the kindness of Dr. Günther to extend
my researches over all the known species of the genus Callophis (except C. ..."
5. The Popular Science Review: A Quarterly Miscellany of Entertaining and (1873)
"... continent by half-a-dozen species of the genus Callophis. These are small
serpents, with sluggish movements and dull -. They have short fangs. ..."
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