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Definition of Checkered adder

1. Noun. Nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot; southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Checkered Adder

Literary usage of Checkered adder

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

1. A Geographical History of the State of New York: Embracing Its History by Joseph H. Mather, Linus Pierpont Brockett (1848)
"... also called racer ; the milk or chicken snake, also called house snake, checkered adder, &c.; the striped snake ; the ring snake, black and red, small; ..."

2. Geography of the State of New York: Embracing Its Physical Features, Climate by Joseph H. Mather, Linus Pierpont Brockett (1851)
"... also called house snake, checkered adder, &c. ; the striped snake ; the ring snake, black and red, small ; the grass or green snake ; the brown water ..."

3. The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work on the Structure and by Raymond Lee Ditmars (1907)
"... sub-species or varieties precede or follow the typical form, according to the trend of their variation. THE MILK SNAKE; HOUSE SNAKE; "checkered adder" ..."

4. Proceedings of the Essex Institute by Essex Institute (1868)
"Mr. FW Putnam spoke of several specimens that had been collected during the morning, and especially of the checkered adder, which he stated to be perfectly ..."

5. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"Saw that common snake Coluber eximius of De Kay, — checkered adder, etc., etc., — forty-one inches long. A rather light brown above, with large dark-brown, ..."

6. The Swiss Cross by Agassiz Association (1887)
"black, while the under side is a miniature black- and-white checker-board, on account of which it is also called the ' checkered adder. ..."

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