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Definition of pilsbry snake
pilsbry snake
Plural:Pilsbry snakes
• noun
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A species of nonvenomous, snail-eating snake (often Tropidodipsas pilsbryi or Sibon pilsbryi) native to the forests of Central America and southern Mexico, characterized by its specialized diet of slugs and snails.
Example
"During a nocturnal herpetology survey in the Guatemalan cloud forest, the researchers recorded a rare sighting of a Pilsbry snake extracting a snail from its shell."
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