lyre snake

/ˌlaɪər sneɪk/
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Definitions of lyre snake
  1. noun
    mildly venomous snake with a lyre-shaped mark on the head; found in rocky areas from southwestern United States to Central America
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    types:
    Sonoran lyre snake, Trimorphodon lambda
    of desert regions of southwestern North America
    type of:
    colubrid, colubrid snake
    mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes
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