Lampropeltis elapsoides
Translingual
editEtymology
editBinomial compound of Lampropeltis f (“kingsnake, milk snake”) + New Latin elapsoīdēs m or f (“elapsoid, similar to Elaps-genus snakes”), literally “elapsoid kingsnake/milk snake”. The species is named as such due to its visual similarity to coral snakes, many formerly placed in the genus Elaps.
Proper noun
edit- A taxonomic species within the family Colubridae – scarlet kingsnake or scarlet milk snake.
Hypernyms
edit- (species): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order; Serpentes - order; Caenophidia - infraorder; Colubroidea - superfamily; Colubridae - family; Colubrinae - subfamily; Lampropeltis - genus
References
edit- Lampropeltis elapsoides on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Lampropeltis elapsoides on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Lampropeltis elapsoides on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons