house snake

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house snake

n.
See milk snake.
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Noun1.house snake - nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spothouse snake - nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot; southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes
checkered adder, Lampropeltis triangulum, milk adder, milk snake
king snake, kingsnake - any of numerous nonvenomous North American constrictors; feed on other snakes and small mammals
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Trophic and maternal transfer of selenium in brown house snakes (Lamprophis fuliginosus).
Genetic and non-genetic predictors of LINE-1 methylation in leukocyte DNA
In this study we will examine the histological anatomy of the oviducts of the brown house snake (Lamprophis fuliginosus), the Brahminy blind snake (Rhamphotyphiops braminus), and the worm lizard, Amphisbaena fuliginosa, to determine if the anatomy of the worm lizard oviduct is more similar to the snakes or lizards.
Agriculture section. (Senior Division 2002)
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