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mole snake
mole snake n. either of two brownish non-venomous colubrid snakes that burrow underground or inhabit abandoned burrows: (a) Pseudaspis cana, a large snake of southern and eastern Africa; (b) U.S. a prairie kingsnake of the subspecies Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata.
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1893 J. Noble Illustr. Official Handbk. Cape & S. Afr. 84 The Colubrinæ include the large and abundant ‘black’ or ‘mole’ snake.
1911 East London Daily Disp. (S. Afr.) 1 Sept. 7 When alarmed the mole snake is very pugnacious.
1958 R. Conant Field Guide Reptiles & Amphibians U.S. 167 The Prairie Kingsnake and the Mole Snake are marked with brown or reddish-brown blotches.
1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo xiii. 220 Sometimes we see a long, graceful, chinless snake in the veld, with a dark muscular body shining as if carefully polished. This is the mole snake and is harmless to man, killing its prey by constriction.
1994 R. Bauchot Snakes 136/1 Gradated vegetal formations in southern Africa shelter the mole snake (Pseudaspis cana), which is terrestrial and has burrowing tendencies.
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