Elaphe taeniura

Elaphe taeniura friesei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Elaphe
Species: Elaphe taeniura
Subspecies: E. t. callicyanous – E. t. friesei – E. t. grabowskyi – E. t. helfenbergeri – E. t. mocquardi – E. t. ridleyi – E. t. schmackeri – E. t. taeniura – E. t. yunnanensis

Name

Elaphe taeniura Cope, 1861

Type locality: China: Zhejiang, Ningbo.

Synonyms

• Elaphe taeniurus Cope, 1861: 565
• Elaphis yunnanensis Anderson, 1879: 813
• Coluber taeniurus — Boulenger, 1890: 333
• Elaphe taeniurus — Stejneger, 1907: 319
• Elaphe taeniura — Smith, 1943
• Elaphe taeniura — Schulz, 1996: 253
• Elaphe taeniura — Manthey & Grossmann, 1997: 345
• Orthriophis taeniurus — Utiger et al., 2002
• Elaphe taeniura — Ziegler, 2002: 233
• Elaphe taeniura — Grismer et al., 2007

References

• Cope, E.D. 1861: Catalogue of the Colubrids in the museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Part 3. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 12 [1860]: 553–566.
• van Doorn, L., Speybroeck, J., Brys, R., Halfmaerten, D., Neyrinck, S., Engelen, P., & Adriaens, T. 2021. Aesthetic aliens: invasion of the beauty rat snake, Elaphe taeniura Cope, 1861 in Belgium, Europe. BioInvasions Records, 10
• Ji, X.; Sun, P.Y.; Fu, S.Y. & Zhang, H.S. 1999. Utilization of Energy and Material in Eggs and Post-hatching Yolk in an Oviparous Snake, Elaphe taeniura. Asiatic Herpetological Research 8: 53-59
• Stejneger, Leonhard H. 1907: Herpetology of Japan and adjacent territory. Bull. US. Natl. Mus., Washington, 58 : xx, 1-577.
• Utiger, Urs, Notker Helfenberger, Beat Schätti, Catherine Schmidt, Markus Ruf and Vincent Ziswiler 2002: Molecular systematics and phylogeny of Old World and New World ratsnakes, Elaphe Auct., and related genera (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 9 (2): 105–124.

Links

• Elaphe taeniura at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 dec 2021.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Schönnatter, Streifen-Kletternatter
English: Beauty Snake
中文: 黑眉锦蛇

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