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Definition of pilsbry snake

pilsbry snake

Plural:Pilsbry snakes
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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.

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"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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