Definition of Charina bottae

1. Noun. Boa of grasslands and woodlands of western North America; looks and feels like rubber with tail and head of similar shape.

Exact synonyms: Rubber Boa, Tow-headed Snake
Generic synonyms: Boa
Group relationships: Charina, Genus Charina

Lexicographical Neighbors of Charina Bottae

Charcot-Marie-Tooth
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Charcot-Neumann crystals
Charcot-Robin crystals
Charcot-Weiss-Baker syndrome
Charcotian
Chard
Chardonnay
Charente
Charente-Maritime
Chargaff's rule
Chari
Chari-Nile
Chari River
Charina
Charina bottae (current term)
Charioteer
Charismatic
Charismatic Movement
Charismatics
Charity
Charlemagne
Charlene
Charleroi
Charles
Charles' Wain
Charles's Wain
Charles's law
Charles A. Lindbergh
Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle

Literary usage of Charina bottae

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

1. A New Genus and Species of Grasshopper from California by Morgan Hebard (1920)
"Charina bottae utahensis, new subspecies Diagnosis.—Similar to Charina bottae bottae but with scales in only 41 rows. ..."

2. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1920)
"... from the latter region has only 41 rows, it seems best to describe the Utah snakes as a subspecies. Charina bottae utahensis, new subspecies Diagnosis. ..."

3. Fauna of the Type Tejon: Its Relation to the Cowlitz Phase of the Tejon by Roy Ernest Dickerson (1915)
"Charina bottae (Blainville). We have seven of these boas from Utah. No. 38421 was found in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Wasatch Mts., Wasatch County, June 28, ..."

4. Notes on a Fauna of the Vigo Group and Its Bearing on the Evolution of by Roy Ernest Dickerson (1921)
"Charina bottae utahensis Van Denburgh Two specimens from Blue Lake and Hood's Valley. Kootenai County, in the collection of Stanford University have been ..."

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