hoop snake

noun5

1. •
   A mythical creature of the United States and Australia, a snake that grasps its tail in its jaws and thereby rolls after its prey like a wheel.
2. •
   Snakes of genus Farancia, chiefly of the southeastern U.S.
3. •
   Farancia abacura (horn snake, mud snake)
4. •
   Farancia erytrogramma (rainbow snake)
5. •
   bandy-bandy