Definition of Notechis scutatus

1. Noun. Highly venomous brown-and-yellow snake of Australia and Tasmania.

Exact synonyms: Tiger Snake
Generic synonyms: Elapid, Elapid Snake
Group relationships: Genus Notechis, Notechis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Notechis Scutatus

Norweyan
Norwich
Norwich terrier
Norwood's operation
Norwood procedure
Nosematidae
Nosferatu
Nosler
Nosopsyllus
Nostocaceae
Nostradamus
Nostratic
Nostraticist
Notch
Notechis
Notechis scutatus (current term)
Notemigonus
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Nothofagus
Nothofagus cuninghamii
Nothofagus dombeyi
Nothofagus menziesii
Nothofagus obliqua
Nothofagus procera
Nothofagus solanderi
Nothofagus truncata
Nothosauria
Notoedres cati
Notomys
Notonecta

Literary usage of Notechis scutatus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1901)
"Notechis scutatus s. Hoplocephalus curtus, the " Tiger Snake," has rather small eyes with round pupils. The head is distinct from the cylindrical body, ..."

2. Official Year Book of New South Wales by Australian Bureau of Statistics, New South Wales Bureau of Statistics and Economics (1907)
"The tiger snake (Notechis scutatus) is also known as the brown-banded snake, and in Tasmania, again unfortunately, as the carpet snake. ..."

3. Jahres-bericht über die Fortschritte der Thier-chemie oder der (1906)
"... von Echis carinatus auch in vitro, indem es Citrat - Plasma 4) zum Gerinnen bringt. Vf. fand auch das Sekret von Notechis scutatus und von Pseudechis ..."

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