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Definition of Sand snake
1. Noun. Small North American burrowing snake.
Group relationships: Chilomeniscus, Genus Chilomeniscus
Specialized synonyms: Banded Sand Snake, Chilomeniscus Cinctus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sand Snake
Literary usage of Sand snake
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Natural Emirates: Wildlife and Environment of the United Arab Emirates by Peter Vine (1996)
"It completely lacks the black and white streaked face mask of the sand snake
which makes separation from this species relatively easy. ..."
2. List of the Vertebrated Animals Now Or Lately Living in the Gardens of the by London Zoo (London, England), Philip Lutley Sclater (1883)
"Hissing Sand-Snake. Hab. South Africa. a. ... Slender Sand-Snake. Hab. West Coast
of Africa. ac. Presented by CB Mosse, Esq., ..."
3. Zoölogical Science: Or, Nature in Living Forms by Anna Maria (Treadwell) Redfield (1858)
"... is given in allusion to the mode in which the Black Snake kills its prey.
The SAND-SNAKE ... (Gr. sand-snake ..."
4. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1901)
"Characteristic features of these inhabitants of the desert are the following:— 1.
Velocity. The Lizards are slender. The Sand-snake ..."
5. Natural Emirates: Wildlife and Environment of the United Arab Emirates by Peter Vine (1996)
"It completely lacks the black and white streaked face mask of the sand snake
which makes separation from this species relatively easy. ..."
6. List of the Vertebrated Animals Now Or Lately Living in the Gardens of the by London Zoo (London, England), Philip Lutley Sclater (1883)
"Hissing Sand-Snake. Hab. South Africa. a. ... Slender Sand-Snake. Hab. West Coast
of Africa. ac. Presented by CB Mosse, Esq., ..."
7. Zoölogical Science: Or, Nature in Living Forms by Anna Maria (Treadwell) Redfield (1858)
"... is given in allusion to the mode in which the Black Snake kills its prey.
The SAND-SNAKE ... (Gr. sand-snake ..."
8. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1901)
"Characteristic features of these inhabitants of the desert are the following:— 1.
Velocity. The Lizards are slender. The Sand-snake ..."
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