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Definition of Genus Haldea
1. Noun. Ground snakes.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Colubridae, Family Colubridae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Haldea
Literary usage of Genus Haldea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The genus Haldea contains the Brown Snake, H. stria- tula, B. & G., of the Southern
States, which is grayish above, salmon beneath ; length eight to nine ..."
2. Natural History: A Manual of Zoölogy for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1870)
"The genus Haldea contains the Brown Snake, H. s.tria- tula, B. & G., of the
Southern States, which is grayish above, salmon beneath; length eight to nine ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The name is also applied to a pretty little snake of the genus Haldea, small and
slender with coloring similar to the dwarf snakes of the first genus, ..."