Lexic.us

Definition of Batrachoseps

1. Noun. Slender salamanders.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Batrachoseps

Literary usage of Batrachoseps

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

1. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1900)
"THE elements, or corpuscles, of the blood of batrachoseps attenuatus are ... batrachoseps attenuatus is one of the most common species of the order in this ..."

2. Notes on a Fauna of the Vigo Group and Its Bearing on the Evolution of by Roy Ernest Dickerson (1921)
"... certain that they occur in the Mexican territory. LIST OF THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF LOWER CALIFORNIA, MEXICO *1. batrachoseps attenuatus. NS *2. ..."

3. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1906)
"Two species of lizards and a batrachoseps were secured on this island by Mr. RH Beck while collecting for the California Academy of Sciences. 1. ..."

4. Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphibia in the Collection of the British by John Edward Gray (1850)
"batrachoseps. Head very short. Eyes prominent.—Shin smooth. ... batrachoseps ATTENUATUS. Blackish brown. Back and upper part redder, with a black dorsal ..."

5. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1901)
"Lastly, in some species of Spelerpes and batrachoseps both fore and hind limbs have become so small as to be practically without function, parallel cases ..."

6. The Origin of the Fittest: Essays on Evolution by Edward Drinker Cope (1886)
"That this is a genus, to be one day converted into batrachoseps by an acceleration of its metamorphosis, ..."

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