Definition of Elaphe obsoleta

1. Noun. Large harmless shiny black North American snake.

Exact synonyms: Black Rat Snake, Blacksnake, Mountain Blacksnake, Pilot Blacksnake
Generic synonyms: Rat Snake
Group relationships: Elaphe, Genus Elaphe

Lexicographical Neighbors of Elaphe Obsoleta

Elaeophora schneideri
Elagatis
Elagatis bipinnulata
Elaina
Elaine
Elam
Elamite
Elamites
Elamitic
Elanoides
Elanoides forficatus
Elanus
Elanus leucurus
Elaphe
Elaphe guttata
Elaphe obsoleta
Elaphurus
Elaphurus davidianus
Elastoplast
Elateridae
Elaut's triangle
Elavil
Elazig
Elba
Elbasan
Elbaz
Elbe
Elbe River
Elbert
Elbie

Literary usage of Elaphe obsoleta

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

1. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles by Leonhard Stejneger, Thomas Barbour (1917)
"RANGE: Southern New England westward to Michigan, southward to Texas, Louisiana and Florida. elaphe obsoleta confinis (BAIRD and GIRARD) ..."

2. Ecosystem Disturbance and Wildlife Conservation in Western Grasslands: A edited by Deborah M. Finch (1998)
"a dead copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), a live black rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta), and a live coachwhip snake ..."

3. Report of the Secretary and the Financial Report of the Executive Committee by Smithsonian Institution (1921)
"... _ 1 Corn snake (Elaphe guttata) 2 Pilot blacksnake (elaphe obsoleta) 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 3 2 5 3 13 Pine snake ..."

4. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1868)
"... a black rat snake (elaphe obsoleta ob- soleta) was observed rolling down a leaf-strewn slope along the Upper Jack's Fork River in Texas County in south ..."

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