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Spilotes Couperi
Gopher Go"pher, n. [F. gaufre waffle, honeycomb. See Gauffer.] (Zo["o]l.) 1. One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family Geomyid[ae]; -- called also pocket gopher and pouched rat. See Pocket gopher, and Tucan. Note: The name was originally given by French settlers to many burrowing rodents, from their honeycombing the earth. 2. One of several western American species of the genus Spermophilus, of the family Sciurid[ae]; as, the gray gopher (Spermophilus Franklini) and the striped gopher (S. tridecemlineatus); -- called also striped prairie squirrel, leopard marmot, and leopard spermophile. See Spermophile. 3. A large land tortoise (Testudo Carilina) of the Southern United States, which makes extensive burrows. 4. A large burrowing snake (Spilotes Couperi) of the Southern United States. Gopher drift (Mining), an irregular prospecting drift, following or seeking the ore without regard to regular grade or section. --Raymond.

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- Morelia spilotes - Gray, 1849 M[orelia]. argus var. fasciolata - Jan In Jan & Sordelli, 1864 Python spilotes - Boulenger, 1893 [Python spilotes spilotes] -...
- Spilotes is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the New World. Species in the genus Spilotes are found in Mexico, Central...
- + Plates I.- XX. (Spilotes pullatus pp. 23-24.) "Spilotes pullatus". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 31 January 2013. "Spilotes pullatus (Tiger Rat...
- Spilotes sulphureus, commonly known as the yellow-bellied hissing snake or Amazon puffing snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Colubridae...
- Comprenant l'histoire des serpents non venimeux. Paris: Roret. xvi + 780 pp. (Spilotes melanurus, new species, pp. 224–225). (in French). Heimes, Peter (2016)...
- couperi Holbrook, 1842 Georgia couperi — Baird & Girard, 1853 Spilotes couperi — Cope, 1860 Spilotes corais couperi — Lönnberg, 1894 Drymarchon corais couperi...
- Morelia spilota spilota is a subspecies of **** python (Morelia spilota), po****rly known as the diamond python. It is a medium to large snake, found...
- Family: Geometridae Tribe: Abraxini Genus: Abraxas Leach, 1815 Synonyms Spilote Hübner, [1806] Spilota Hübner, 1818 Zerene Treitschke, 1825 Calospilos...
- of the largest venomous snakes in South America. The tiger rat snake (Spilotes pullatus), also living in South America, can reach a length of 2.7 m (8 ft...
- Jan & Sordelli, 1864; Morelia argus variegata - Mitc****, 1951; Morelia spilotes variegata - Mitc****, 1955; Morelia argus variegata - Stimson, 1969; Python...