Definition of Genus Carphophis

1. Noun. Thunder snake.

Exact synonyms: Carphophis
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Colubridae, Family Colubridae
Member holonyms: Carphophis Amoenus, Thunder Snake, Worm Snake

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Carphophis

genus Carcharias
genus Carcharodon
genus Cardamine
genus Cardium
genus Carduelis
genus Carduus
genus Caretta
genus Carex
genus Cariama
genus Carica
genus Carissa
genus Carlina
genus Carnegiea
genus Carpenteria
genus Carphophis (current term)
genus Carpinus
genus Carpobrotus
genus Carpocapsa
genus Carpodacus
genus Carthamus
genus Carum
genus Carya
genus Caryocar
genus Caryota
genus Casmerodius
genus Castanea
genus Castanopsis

Literary usage of Genus Carphophis

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

1. The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work on the Structure and by Raymond Lee Ditmars (1907)
"genus Carphophis. 1. Colouration uniform—no rings or blotches. Brown above; pink beneath. WORM SNAKE, C. amoenus. Distribution.—New England to Florida; ..."

2. Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio by Geological Survey of Ohio (1882)
"It is somewhat nocturnal, and lives chiefly under logs and stones. genus Carphophis. Gervais. Body slender, cylindrical, of nearly uniform thickness; ..."

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