rat snake — any of several New and Old World colubrid snakes, of the genus Elaphe, that feed chiefly on small mammals and birds. Also called house snake. [1855 60] * * * Any of 40–55 snake species in the genus Elaphe (family Colubridae) and similar forms,… … Universalium
Snake — Ophidian redirects here. For the professional wrestler, see The Osirian Portal. This article is about the animal. For other uses, see Snake (disambiguation). Snakes Temporal range: Early Cretaceous – Recent, 112–0 Ma … Wikipedia
Ground rat — ground ground (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.] 1. The surface of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ground rat — ground ground (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.] 1. The surface of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ground snake — ground ground (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.] 1. The surface of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Russian Ratsnake — Manchurian Black Water Snake Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
Ptyas mucosus — Oriental Ratsnake Black interscale stripes are visible on the underside Scientific classification Kingdom: Anima … Wikipedia
List of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition monsters — See also: Lists of Dungeons Dragons monsters This is the list of Advanced Dungeons Dragons 2nd edition monsters, an important element of that role playing game.[1] This list only includes monsters from official Advanced Dungeons Dragons 2nd… … Wikipedia
List of Dungeons & Dragons 3.0 edition monsters — See also: List of Dungeons Dragons monsters Dungeons Dragons version 3.0 (see editions of Dungeons Dragons) was released in 2000. The first book containing monsters to be published was the Monster Manual, released along with the other two core… … Wikipedia
List of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition monsters — This literature related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. See also: List of Dungeons Dragons monsters Contents 1 TSR 2009 Monster Manual (1977 … Wikipedia
List of snakes of South Asia (Colubridae) — The following is a list of colubrid snakes of South Asia, primarily covering the region covered by mainland India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, parts of Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Island chains. This forms part of the… … Wikipedia