Definition of Genus Charina

1. Noun. Boas of western North America.

Exact synonyms: Charina
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Boidae, Family Boidae
Member holonyms: Charina Bottae, Rubber Boa, Tow-headed Snake

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Charina

genus Chaenopsis
genus Chaetodipterus
genus Chaetodon
genus Chalcis
genus Chalcostigma
genus Chamaea
genus Chamaecrista
genus Chamaecyparis
genus Chamaecytisus
genus Chamaedaphne
genus Chamaeleo
genus Chamaeleon
genus Chamaemelum
genus Chara
genus Charadrius
genus Charina (current term)
genus Charronia
genus Chateura
genus Chauna
genus Cheilanthes
genus Cheiranthus
genus Chelidonium
genus Chelifer
genus Chelone
genus Chelonia
genus Chelydra
genus Chenopodium
genus Chilomastix
genus Chilomeniscus
genus Chilomycterus

Literary usage of Genus Charina

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 by California Academy of Sciences (1920)
"... JOHN VAN DENBURGH Curator, Department of Herpetology The existence of boas of the genus Charina in Utah was recorded by Mr. Slevin and myself in 1915. ..."

2. A New Genus and Species of Grasshopper from California by Morgan Hebard (1920)
"E UTAHENSIS) FROM UTAH nr JOHN VAN DENBURGH Curator, Department of Herpetology The existence of boas of the genus Charina in Utah was recorded by Mr. Slevin ..."

3. I. A Further Study of Variation in the Gopher-snakes of Western North by John Van Denburgh (1920)
"... JOHN VAN DENBURGH Curator, Department of Herpetology The existence of boas of the genus Charina in Utah was recorded by Mr. Slevin and myself in 1915. ..."

4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1883)
"... and their North American representatives but barely enter the Nearctic region. The two species of the genus Charina ..."

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