aspidelaps lubricus

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   small widely distributed arboreal snake of southern Africa banded in black and orange

   SynonymsAfrican coral snake

   Broadercoral snake

   Part ofAspidelaps

Questions about aspidelaps lubricus

What does aspidelaps lubricus mean?

aspidelaps lubricus means "small widely distributed arboreal snake of southern Africa banded in black and orange".

What is another word for aspidelaps lubricus?

Close synonyms include African coral snake. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aspidelaps lubricus a common word?

aspidelaps lubricus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.