Definition of Pseudechis porphyriacus

1. Noun. Large semiaquatic snake of Australia; black above with red belly.

Exact synonyms: Australian Blacksnake
Generic synonyms: Elapid, Elapid Snake
Group relationships: Genus Pseudechis, Pseudechis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pseudechis Porphyriacus

Psa.
Psalms
Psalter
Psaltriparus
Psenes
Psephurus
Psephurus gladis
Psetta
Psetta maxima
Psettichthys
Psettichthys melanostichus
Pseudacris
Pseudaletia
Pseudaletia unipuncta
Pseudechis
Pseudechis porphyriacus (current term)
Pseudemys
Pseudemys concinna
Pseudemys rubriventris
Pseudemys scripta
Pseudepigrapha
Pseudobombax
Pseudobombax ellipticum
Pseudococcidae
Pseudococcus
Pseudococcus comstocki
Pseudococcus fragilis
Pseudocolus
Pseudocolus fusiformis
Pseudolarix

Literary usage of Pseudechis porphyriacus

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

1. Report on the Effects of Artificial Respiration, Intravenous Injection of by India (1874)
"On arrival, these snakes (Pseudechis porphyriacus and Hoplocephalus curtus) ... of the cobra and the Pseudechis porphyriacus and the Hoplocephalus curtus. ..."

2. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales by Royal Society of New South Wales (1901)
"1895 CJ Martin, B.SC., MB Land , Sydney, for paper on 'The physiological action of the venom of the Australian black snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus). ..."

3. Therapeutic Gazette (1912)
"Later studies by Dr. CJ Martin and J. McGarvie Smith, of Sydney, Australia, on the Australian blacksnake (Pseudechis porphyriacus') proved this poison to ..."

4. The British Journal of Homoeopathy edited by John James Drysdale, Robert Ellis Dudgeon, Richard Hughes, John Rutherfurd Russell (1876)
"... from the experiments recently performed in Calcutta by Dr. Ewart and the members of the Committee appointed by Government upon Pseudechis porphyriacus, ..."

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