Definition of Scotophis Alleghaniensis. Meaning of Scotophis Alleghaniensis. Synonyms of Scotophis Alleghaniensis

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Definition of Scotophis Alleghaniensis

Scotophis Alleghaniensis
Black snake Black" snake` (sn[=a]k) or Blacksnake Black"snake, n. (Zo["o]l.) A snake of a black color, of which two species are common in the United States, the Bascanium constrictor, or racer, sometimes six feet long, and the Scotophis Alleghaniensis, seven or eight feet long. Note: The name is also applied to various other black serpents, as Natrix atra of Jamaica.

Meaning of Scotophis Alleghaniensis from wikipedia

- District of Columbia: Smithsonian Institution. xvi + 172 pp. (Scotophis alleghaniensis, new combination, p. 73). Hallowell E (1856). "Notice of a collection...
- The gray ratsnake or gray rat snake (Pantherophis alleghaniensis), also commonly known as the black ratsnake, central ratsnake, chicken snake, midland...
- subgenera of Pantherophis, of which three are extant and one is extinct: Scotophis Baird & Girard, 1853, for the ratsnakes; †Palaeoelaphe Gilmore, 1938,...
- genus Scotophis for Burbrink's three taxa (i.e., Scotophis alleghaniensis, Scotophis spiloides, and Scotophis obsoletus) in response to the findings of Burbrink...