ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷- noun
1. : any of several American colubrid snakes with coral or reddish ventral surfaces: as
a. : western ring-necked snake
b. : a woodland snake ( Storeria occipitomaculata ) of the Mississippi valley and southeast to Florida
2. : an Australian elapid snake ( Pseudelaps squamulosus ) that is brown or blackish above and salmon-red below and is venomous but not dangerous to man