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Definition of Pituophis
1. Noun. Bull snakes.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Colubridae, Family Colubridae
Member holonyms: Bull Snake, Bull-snake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pituophis
Literary usage of Pituophis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1919)
"Specimens of Pituophis catenifer annectens with more than 231 ... are from the
more northern localities and may be referred to Pituophis ..."
2. Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the Year 1852 by Randolph Barnes Marcy, George Brinton McClellan (1854)
"... including in fact some of the largest serpents of North America. Some of the
species utter a hissing or blowing sound. 5. Pituophis ..."
3. The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work on the Structure and by Raymond Lee Ditmars (1907)
"Their Habits CLOSELY related to the fine reptiles of the preceding genus, are
the Bull Snakes—Genus Pituophis, which, possessing sharply pointed snouts, ..."
4. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1919)
"This name evidently is based upon specimens of the coast race and has been regarded
as a synonym of Pituophis catenifer. Baird and Girard, in 1853 ..."
5. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1919)
"Specimens of Pituophis catenifer annectens with more than 231 ... are from the
more northern localities and may be referred to Pituophis ..."
6. Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the Year 1852 by Randolph Barnes Marcy, George Brinton McClellan (1854)
"... including in fact some of the largest serpents of North America. Some of the
species utter a hissing or blowing sound. 5. Pituophis ..."
7. The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work on the Structure and by Raymond Lee Ditmars (1907)
"Their Habits CLOSELY related to the fine reptiles of the preceding genus, are
the Bull Snakes—Genus Pituophis, which, possessing sharply pointed snouts, ..."
8. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1919)
"This name evidently is based upon specimens of the coast race and has been regarded
as a synonym of Pituophis catenifer. Baird and Girard, in 1853 ..."
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