Elaphe

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Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Elaphe
Species (17): E. anomala – E. bimaculata – E. cantoris – E. carinata – E. climacophora – E. davidi – E. dione – E. druzei – E. hodgsonii – E. moellendorffi – E. quadrivirgata – E. quatuorlineata – E. sauromates – E. schrenckii – E. taeniura – E. urartica – E. xiphodonta – E. zoigeensis

Nome

Elaphe Fitzinger in Wagler, 1833: unnumbered page

Specie tipo: Elaphe parreyssii Fitzinger in Wagler, 1833, by monotypy.
Gender: feminine.
Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 490 (1957: 181).

Sinonimi

Leptophidium Hallowell, 1861: 497
- Specie tipo: Leptophidium dorsale Hallowell, 1860, by monotypy.
Phyllophis Günther, 1864: 295
- Specie tipo: Phyllophis carinata Günther, 1864, by monotypy.
Spaniopholis Mocquard, 1897: 216
- Specie tipo: Spaniopholis souliei Mocquard, 1897, by monotypy.
Orthriophis Utiger, Helfenberger & Schätti, 2002: 110 [synonymised by Chen et al. (2017: 216)]
- Specie tipo: Cynophis moellendorffi Boettger, 1886, by original designation.

Riferimenti

Primary references

Wagler, J.G. 1828-1833. Descriptiones et icones Amphibiorum. Tres partes cum XXXVI tabulis. J.G. Cottae: Monachii, Stuttgartiae et Tubingae. unnumbered text + 36 pls. BHL Reference page.
Hallowell, E. [1860] 1861. Report upon the Reptilia of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under command of Capt. John Rogers, U. S. N. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 480–510. BHL Reference page.
Günther, A.C.L.G. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. Ray Society: London. xxvii + 452 pp. BHL Reference page.
Mocquard, F. 1897. Notes herpétologiques. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 3(6): 211–217. BHL
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1957. Opinion 490. Action under the Plenary Powers to preserve for use in its accustomed sense the generic name Elaphe Fitzinger, 1833 (Class Reptilia). pp. 179–196 In Hemming, F. (ed.). Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature Volume 17, part 12. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature: London. 452 pp. BHL Reference page.
Utiger, U., Helfenberger, N., Schätti, B., Schmidt, C., Ruf, M. & Ziswiler, V. 2002. Molecular Systematics and Phylogeny of Old and New World Ratsnakes, Elaphe Auct., and Related Genera (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 9(2): 105–124. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2002-9-2-105-124 [nonfunctional] Reference page.
Chen, X., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M., Pyron, R.A. & Burbrink, F.T. 2017. Using phylogenomics to understand the link between biogeographic origins and regional diversification in ratsnakes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 111: 206–218. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.03.017 Reference page.