Definition of Diadophis

1. Noun. A genus of reptiles of the family Colubridae including ringneck snakes.

Exact synonyms: Genus Diadophis
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Colubridae, Family Colubridae
Member holonyms: Ring Snake, Ring-necked Snake, Ringneck Snake

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diadophis

Dhul Hijjah
Dhupadhola
Dhuwal
DiGeorge syndrome
DiI
DiMaggio
Di Ferrante syndrome
Di Guglielmo
Di Guglielmo's disease
Di Guglielmo's syndrome
Di antigen
DiaBeta
Diablo
Diacalpa
Diadophis (current term)
Diaghilev
Diagnostic Drawing Series
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
Dialeurodes
Dialeurodes citri
Dialister
Diamond
Diamond Jim
Diamond Jim Brady
Diamond State
Dian Cecht
Diana

Literary usage of Diadophis

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)
"Diadophis punctatus (LINNE) Coluber punctatus LINNE Syst. ... Diadophis regalis BAIRD and GIRARD Diadophis regalis BAIRD and GIRARD Cat. N. Amer. ..."

2. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1881)
"Popenoe, and collected by him at Topeka, represent this sub-species, but with the dorsal scales in seventeen rows. Diadophis ..."

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