Definition of Genus Elaphe

1. Noun. North American rat snakes.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Elaphe

genus Echium
genus Ectopistes
genus Edaphosaurus
genus Edmontosaurus
genus Egeria
genus Egretta
genus Eichhornia
genus Eimeria
genus Eira
genus Elaeagnus
genus Elaeis
genus Elaeocarpus
genus Elagatis
genus Elanoides
genus Elanus
genus Elaphe (current term)
genus Elaphurus
genus Electrophorus
genus Eleocharis
genus Elephantopus
genus Elephas
genus Elettaria
genus Eleusine
genus Eleutherodactylus
genus Eliomys
genus Elodea
genus Elops
genus Elsholtzia
genus Elymus
genus Emberiza

Literary usage of Genus Elaphe

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

1. A Revision of the King Snakes: Genus Lampropeltis by Frank Nelson Blanchard (1921)
"That an increase from 27 to 29 rows would involve the addition of a seventh row is indicated by the genus Elaphe. Examination of a few individuals of E. ..."

2. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1868)
"... of eastern North America. genus Elaphe. Doctoral thesis, Univ. Oklahoma. Norman. 62 pp. Gillingham, JC, CC Carpenter, BJ Brecke, and JB Murphy. 1977. ..."

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