Definition of Storeria

1. Noun. A genus of Colubridae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Storeria
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Colubridae, Family Colubridae
Member holonyms: Red-bellied Snake, Storeria Occipitamaculata

Lexicographical Neighbors of Storeria

Stoli
Stoliczka's mountain vole
Stoliczka's mountain voles
Stollies
Stolly
Stomatopoda
Stone Age
Stonehenge
Stoner
Stonewall
Stonewall Jackson
Stopes
Stoppard
Stoppardian
Storeria
Storeria occipitamaculata
Storm Troops
Stornoway
Stott
Stowe
Strabo
Strachey
Strad
Stradavarius
Stradivari
Stradivarius
Strads
Strait of Bonifacio
Strait of Calais

Literary usage of Storeria

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

1. The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work on the Structure and by Raymond Lee Ditmars (1907)
"... CHAPTER XXIX: THE BROWN SNAKES Small and Secretive Species, Representing the Genera storeria, ..."

2. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles by Leonhard Stejneger, Thomas Barbour (1917)
"storeria dekayi COPE Ann. Rep. US Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 1000, fig. 268. ... storeria occipito-maculata BAIRD and GIRARD Cat. N. Amer. ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1896)
"Ninia diademata B. & G. storeria dekayi Stor. storeria occipitomaculata ... storeria dekayi Stor ..."

4. Pamphlets: Natural History (1872)
"storeria DEKAYI, B. fy G.— Spotted-snake. SPEC. CHAR. ... storeria dekayi, B. & G. 1. c. 1853, 186. This snake is exceedingly abundant in the Northern ..."

5. Report (1905)
"storeria occipitomaculata-Storer. Red-bellied Brown Snake.—Dorsal scales in 15 rows all keeled except the inferior row which may be smooth; superior labials ..."

6. The Batrachians and Reptiles of Indiana by Oliver Perry Hay (1892)
"'storeria, Baird and Girard, 1853, 6, 135; Garman, 1883, 13, 29, in part. Serpents of small size. Head distinct from the body. Tail only of moderate length. ..."

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