KING SNAKE
\kˈɪŋ snˈe͡ɪk], \kˈɪŋ snˈeɪk], \k_ˈɪ_ŋ s_n_ˈeɪ_k]\
Definitions of KING SNAKE
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By Princeton University
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The largest family of snakes, comprising five subfamilies: Colubrinae, Natricinae, Homalopsinae, Lycodontinae, and Xenodontinae. They show a great diversity of eating habits, some eating almost anything, others having a specialized diet. They can be oviparous, ovoviviparous, or viviparous. The majority of North American snakes are colubrines. Among the colubrids are king snakes, water moccasins, water snakes, and garter snakes. Some genera are poisonous. (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed, pp321-29)
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