diamond snake

British  

noun

1. a python, Morelia argus, of Australia and New Guinea, with yellow diamond-shaped markings

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Example Sentences

"Lucky woman!" exclaimed Kate enviously, for she really wanted the diamond snake.

From The Castle Of The Shadows by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

Snakes appear to be numerous--two out of three which I examined were poisonous--the other was the diamond snake of New South Wales.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 by MacGillivray, John

The most common of the deadly serpents are the death adder, black snake, brown snake, tiger snake, and diamond snake.

From The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent by Knox, Thomas Wallace