colubrid snake vs ringneck snake

ringneck snake vs colubrid snake

colubrid snake and ringneck snake both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
colubrid snake	Yes	No	No	No
ringneck snake	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ringneck snake is a hyponym of colubrid snake; that is, ringneck snake is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than colubrid snake:

colubrid snake: mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes
ringneck snake: any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck

Other hyponyms of colubrid snake include hoop snake, Carphophis amoenus, thunder snake, worm snake, ring-necked snake, ring snake, hognose snake, puff adder, sand viper, leaf-nosed snake, grass snake, green snake, green snake, racer, whip-snake, whip snake, whipsnake, rat snake, Arizona elegans, glossy snake, bull-snake, bull snake, king snake, kingsnake, garter snake, grass snake, lined snake, Tropidoclonion lineatum, ground snake, Sonora semiannulata, eastern ground snake, Haldea striatula, Potamophis striatula, water snake, red-bellied snake, Storeria occipitamaculata, sand snake, black-headed snake, vine snake, lyre snake, Hypsiglena torquata, night snake, Drymarchon corais, gopher snake, indigo snake.

colubrid snake (noun)	ringneck snake (noun)
mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes	any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck

Difference between colubrid snake and ringneck snake

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