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Definition of Elaphe obsoleta
1. Noun. Large harmless shiny black North American snake.
Generic synonyms: Rat Snake
Group relationships: Elaphe, Genus Elaphe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elaphe Obsoleta
Literary usage of Elaphe obsoleta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles by Leonhard Stejneger, Thomas Barbour (1917)
"RANGE: Southern New England westward to Michigan, southward to Texas, Louisiana
and Florida. elaphe obsoleta confinis (BAIRD and GIRARD) ..."
2. Ecosystem Disturbance and Wildlife Conservation in Western Grasslands: A edited by Deborah M. Finch (1998)
"a dead copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), a live black rat snake (Elaphe
obsoleta), and a live coachwhip snake ..."
3. Report of the Secretary and the Financial Report of the Executive Committee by Smithsonian Institution (1921)
"... _ 1 Corn snake (Elaphe guttata) 2 Pilot blacksnake (elaphe obsoleta) 1 1 1 1
1 1 4 1 3 2 5 3 13 Pine snake ..."
4. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1868)
"... a black rat snake (elaphe obsoleta ob- soleta) was observed rolling down a
leaf-strewn slope along the Upper Jack's Fork River in Texas County in south ..."
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