Elaphe taeniura

Elaphe taeniura friesei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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 Superclassis: 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 Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Elaphe
Species: Elaphe taeniura
Subspecies (9): 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

• Syntypes: ANSP 3837 and 3840.
• Type locality: “Ningbo” and “Siam”.

Combinations

• Elaphe taeniurus Cope, 1861: 565 [original combination]
• Coluber taeniurus — Boulenger, 1890 [subsequent combination]
• Elaphis taeniurus — Günther, 1864 [subsequent combination]
• Orthriophis taeniurus — Utiger, Helfenberger, Schätti, Schmidt, Ruf & Ziswiler, 2002 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. [1860] 1861. Catalogue of the Colubridae in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Part 3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 553–566. 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. 

Links

• Li, P., Zhou, Z. & Ghosh, A. 2021. IUCN: Elaphe taeniura  (). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T192204A2055202. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T192204A2055202.en. Accessed on 13 November 2025.

Vernacular names

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

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