Pituophis
Appearance
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Modern scientific compound Πιτυόφις : Pituophis "pine snake". From Ancient Greek πίτυς (pítus, “pine”), and Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis, “snake”).
Proper noun
[edit]Pituophis m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – nonvenomous colubrid snakes, called gopher snakes, pine snakes, or bullsnakes, endemic to North America.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): 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; Lampropeltini - tribe
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Pituophis melanoleucus (eastern pine snake, pine snake) - type species; Pituophis catenifer (gopher snake), Pituophis deppei (Mexican bull snake), Pituophis insularis (Credos Island gopher snake), Pituophis lineaticollis (middle American gopher snake), Pituophis ruthveni (Louisiana pine snake), Pituophis vertebralis (Cape gopher snake) - other species
Descendants
[edit]- → Chinese: 松蛇 (sōngshé) (calque)
Further reading
[edit]- Pituophis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pituophis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Pituophis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons