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Definition of Red-bellied snake
1. Noun. Harmless woodland snake of southeastern United States.
Generic synonyms: Colubrid, Colubrid Snake
Group relationships: Genus Storeria, Storeria
Lexicographical Neighbors of Red-bellied Snake
Literary usage of Red-bellied snake
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian Record of Science by Natural History Society of Montreal (1897)
"1 red-bellied snake ) T -r, TTT-H- 2 Dekay s brown snakes ) > JB Williams. ...
1 young red-bellied snake ) 1 young grass snake ) ET Chambers, ..."
2. The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work on the Structure and by Raymond Lee Ditmars (1907)
"From above, this little reptile looks much like the closely allied species—the
red-bellied snake or Storer's Snake, but may be at once told by the colour of ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"red-bellied snake, a harmless snake {Storeria occipitomaculata) of the Eastern
United States, whose belly is salmon red. It is dull brown above, ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"red-bellied snake, a harmless snake (Storeria occipitomaculata) of the Eastern
United States, whose belly is salmon red. It is dull brown above, ..."
5. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1916)
"... red-bellied snake; Hoop Snake; Rainbow Snake; Mud Snake; Checkered Snake.
Three specimens were taken, and from native accounts it apparently is fairly ..."
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