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Drymarchon corais

Drymarchon corais

9.9
A large not poisonous dark blue snake that lives in southern North America and Mexico
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • The Drymarchon corais is admired for its striking dark-blue scales and impressive size.

Examples

  • While hiking in southern Mexico, we encountered a Drymarchon corais basking in the sun.

  • Biologists observed a Drymarchon corais invading rodent burrows in its natural habitat.

  • The Drymarchon corais is known for its striking dark-blue color.

  • Have you ever seen a Drymarchon corais in the wild?

  • While hiking in southern Mexico, we encountered a Drymarchon corais basking in the sun.

  • The Drymarchon corais is admired for its striking dark-blue scales and impressive size.

  • Biologists observed a Drymarchon corais invading rodent burrows in its natural habitat.

Synonyms

indigo snake
vsDrymarchon corais
  • US
7.4

A large dark blue nonvenomous snake in southern North America and Mexico that often enters burrows

emphasizes native range and naming rather than the burrow-invading habit

Surface Forms

Drymarchon corais singular
Drymarchon corais plural

Morphology

Drymarchon + corais

This is a Latin binomial (scientific) name composed of a genus and species epithet, not a compositional English phrase. Knowing the constituent proper-name elements (one being a genus and the other unavailable in dictionaries) does not let a B1 learner infer the meaning 'a large nonvenomous indigo snake'; taxonomic names are essentially arbitrary and language-specific to scientific classification.

Etymology

Drymarchon corais is the scientific name for the big, dark-blue indigo snake. Imagine a long, shiny blue snake sliding into mouse burrows and lying in the sun. So, the name means a large, not-poisonous dark-blue snake that lives in southern North America and Mexico.