Elaphe quadrivirgata

Elaphe quadrivirgata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Elaphe
Species: Elaphe quadrivirgata

Name

Elaphe quadrivirgata (Boie, 1826)

• Type locality: Japan.

Synonyms

• Coluber quadrivirgatus Boie, 1826: 209
• Coluber vulneratus Boie, 1826: 212 (fide Stejneger, 1907)
• Coluber virgatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1837 (fide Stejneger, 1907)
• Compsosoma quadrivirgatum — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 301
• Elaphis quadrivirgatus — Günther, 1858: 94
• Elaphis bilineatus Hallowell, 1860: 497 (fide Stejneger, 1907)
• Leptophidium dorsale Hallowell, 1860: 498 (fide Stejneger, 1907)
• Elaphis quadrivirgatus var. interrupta Jan, 1867 (fide Stejneger, 1907)
• Elaphis quadrivirgatus var. atra Jan, 1867 (fide Stejneger, 1907)
• Coluber quadrivirgatus — Boulenger, 1894: 59
• Elaphe quadrivirgata — Stejneger, 1907: 327
• Elaphe quadrivirgata — Schulz, 1996: 205
• Elaphe quadrivirgata — Utiger et al., 2002

References

Primary references

• Boie. H. 1826. Merkmale einiger japanischer Lurche. lsis van Oken, Jena. 19: 203 - 216 [vol 18 (2) fide Zhao & Adler 1993].
• Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine snakes of the British Museum. London, I - XVI, 1 - 281.
• Stejneger, Leonhard H. 1907. Herpetology of Japan and adjacent territory. Bull. US. Natl. Mus., Washington, 58: xx, 1-577.

Links

• Kidera, N. & Ota, H. 2017. IUCN: Elaphe quadrivirgata  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T47755783A47755792.en. Accessed on 19 December 2021.

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Japanische Vierstreifennatter
• English: Japanese Four-lined Ratsnake
• 日本語: シマヘビ
• русский: Малочешуйчатый полоз

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