Elaphe

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Translingual[edit]

Elaphe quatuorlineata

Etymology[edit]

(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἐλαφῆ (elaphê, deerskin), related to ἔλαφος (élaphos, deer). A reference to Italian serpente cervone (literally deer snake), the vernacular name of the type species Elaphe quatuorlineata.

See also Elaphus.

Proper noun[edit]

Elaphe f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – many rat snakes.

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Proper noun[edit]

Elaphe

  1. vocative singular of Elaphus