Definition of Genus Batrachoseps

1. Noun. Slender salamanders.

Exact synonyms: Batrachoseps
Generic synonyms: Amphibian Genus
Group relationships: Family Plethodontidae, Plethodontidae
Member holonyms: Slender Salamander, Worm Salamander

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Batrachoseps

genus Balsamorhiza
genus Bambusa
genus Bankia
genus Banksia
genus Baphia
genus Baptisia
genus Barbarea
genus Barosaurus
genus Bartle-Frere
genus Bartramia
genus Basiliscus
genus Bathyergus
genus Batis
genus Batrachoseps (current term)
genus Bauhinia
genus Beaumontia
genus Begonia
genus Belamcanda
genus Bellis
genus Bemisia
genus Bennettitis
genus Benzoin
genus Berberis
genus Bergenia
genus Beroe
genus Berteroa
genus Bertholletia
genus Bessera

Literary usage of Genus Batrachoseps

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

1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"This is the third species of Salamander known to inhabit Mexico. In its characters it approaches the genus Batrachoseps Bonap. ..."

2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1868)
"This genus has many characters in common with the genus Batrachoseps; but it differs in the tail (which is twice as long as the body and head) being ..."

3. Legislative Document by New York (State). Legislature (1919)
"From the genus Batrachoseps, after which it is usually placed, it differs, according to Cope ('89), in having a prefrontal bone. ..."

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