| Nom Commun | Spotted tiger snake eel |
| Langue | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Nom commercial officiel | No |
| Rang | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Pays | United States (contiguous states) |
| Localité | |
| Réf. | Thomson, D.A., L.T. Findley and A.N. Kerstitch, 1979 |
| Stade de développement | juveniles and adults |
| Sexe | females and males |
| Racine | primary lexeme |
| 1er modificateur | non-fish animal |
| 2nd modificateur | color pattern(s) |
| Remarques | 'eel' from Middle English, 'ele', from Old English 'ael' and akin to Old High German, 'ãl' (Ref. 11978); 'snake' like 'serpent' and 'snail' is etymologically the 'crawling' animal, from a prehistoric German base denoting 'crawl' (p. 485 in Ref. 11979). |