Oxybelis

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Oxybelis m

A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – vine snakes.

Hypernyms

(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

Hyponyms

(genus): Oxybelis aeneus (Mexican vine snake, brown vine snake) - type species; Oxybelis fulgidus (green vine snake, flatbread snake), Oxybelis microphthalmus (thrornscrub vine snake), Oxybelis potosiensis (Gulf Coast vine snake) - selected other species

References

Oxybelis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Oxybelis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Oxybelis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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