keeled snake

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• keeled snake — noun : a snake with strongly keeled scales; especially : a venomous Australian elapid (Tropidechis carinatus) …   Useful english dictionary

• Snake scales — Snakes, like other reptiles, have a skin covered in scales. Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India. page 1] Snakes are entirely covered with scales or scutes of various shapes and sizes. Scales protect the body of the snake, aid it… …   Wikipedia

• Keeled scales — refer to reptile scales that, rather than being smooth, have a ridge down the center that may or may not extend to the tip of the scale,Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. Comstock Publishing Associates,… …   Wikipedia

• Snake — Ophidian redirects here. For the professional wrestler, see The Osirian Portal. This article is about the animal. For other uses, see Snake (disambiguation). Snakes Temporal range: Early Cretaceous – Recent, 112–0 Ma …   Wikipedia

• snake — snakelike, adj. /snayk/, n., v., snaked, snaking. n. 1. any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas. 2. a treacherous person; an …   Universalium

• rat snake — any of several New and Old World colubrid snakes, of the genus Elaphe, that feed chiefly on small mammals and birds. Also called house snake. [1855 60] * * * Any of 40–55 snake species in the genus Elaphe (family Colubridae) and similar forms,… …   Universalium

• green snake — any slender, green snake of the genus Opheodrys, of North America, feeding chiefly on insects. [1700 10, Amer.] * * * ▪ reptile  any of several species belonging to the family Colubridae, named for their colour. The North American green snakes… …   Universalium

• Queen snake — Taxobox name = Queen snake status = LC status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Reptilia ordo = Squamata subordo = Serpentes familia = Colubridae genus = Regina species = R. septemvittata binomial = Regina… …   Wikipedia

• Grey Rat Snake — Gray s Ratsnake is a name of another snake, Coluber ventromaculatus Taxobox name = Gray Rat Snake regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Reptilia ordo = Squamata familia = Colubridae genus = Elaphe species = E. obsoleta subspecies = E. o.… …   Wikipedia

• Bull Snake — Taxobox name = Bull Snake regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Reptilia ordo = Squamata subordo = Serpentes familia = Colubridae genus = Pituophis species = P. catenifer subspecies = P. c. sayi trinomial = Pituophis catenifer sayi… …   Wikipedia

• Kirtland's Snake — Conservation status Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kin …   Wikipedia