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Definition of Genus Diadophis
1. Noun. A genus of reptiles of the family Colubridae including ringneck snakes.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Colubridae, Family Colubridae
Member holonyms: Ring Snake, Ring-necked Snake, Ringneck Snake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Diadophis
Literary usage of Genus Diadophis
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)
"... RING-NECKED SNAKES genus Diadophis Small, Smooth-scaled Serpents with
Characteristic Markings THE genus Diadophis is composed of four, small species. ..."
2. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"... B. & G., of the Pacific Slope, which is brown, with two longitudinal light
bands, below which is a series of black dots. The genus Diadophis ..."
3. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1872)
"The genus Diadophis — Ring-necked Snakes — has the head distinct, body slender,
color uniform, with a light ring on the occipital region ; length ten to ..."
4. Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio by Geological Survey of Ohio (1882)
"genus Diadophis. Baird and Girard. Body elender, elongated ; head rather short
and broad ; teeth equal, smooth ; cephalic plates normal; ..."
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