Definition of Arizona elegans

1. Noun. Nocturnal burrowing snake of western United States with shiny tan scales.

Exact synonyms: Glossy Snake
Generic synonyms: Colubrid, Colubrid Snake
Group relationships: Arizona, Genus Arizona

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arizona Elegans

Aristotelia serrata
Aristotelian
Aristotelian logic
Aristotelianism
Aristotelians
Aristotelic
Aristotle's anomaly
Aristotle's lantern
Aristotle's lanterns
Arius
Ariz.
Arizona
Arizona ash
Arizona cypress
Arizona elegans (current term)
Arizona room
Arizona sycamore
Arizona white oak
Arizona wild cotton
Arizonan
Arizonans
Arizonian
Arizonians
Ariège
Arjuna
Ark
Ark-La-Tex
Ark.
ArkLaTex

Literary usage of Arizona elegans

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

1. The Reptiles of Western North America: An Account of the Species Known to by John van Denburgh (1922)
"Arizona elegans Kennicott FADED SNAKE Plates 66 and 73 Arizona elegans KENNICOTT, US Mex. Bound. Surv., Vol. II, 1859, Kept., p. 18, pi. ..."

2. The Reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin: An Account of the Species by John Van Denburgh (1897)
"... and probably Arizona elegans, and with the valleys or Californian Fauna possibly ... and probably Arizona elegans; with the Californian Fauna, ..."

3. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1919)
"... conjuncta Cope Rhinocheilus lecontei Baird & Girard Coluber flagellum frenatus (Stejneger) Arizona elegans Kennicott Tantilla eiseni Stejneger Crotalus ..."

4. Ecosystem Disturbance and Wildlife Conservation in Western Grasslands: A edited by Deborah M. Finch (1998)
"... debilis Plains spadefoot toad Spea bombifrons Inhabitants of sandy soils Scientific name Glossy snake Arizona elegans Western hognose snake Heterodon ..."

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