Archelaphe bella

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: Archelaphe
Species: Archelaphe bella
Subspecies (2): A. b. bella – A. b. chapaensis

Name

Archelaphe bella (Stanley, 1917)

• Holotype: SNHMC 717-17-1-525.
• Type locality: “Kuatun hills, in north-west Fokien near the borders of Kiangsi Prov., China”.

Combinations

• Coronella bella Stanley, 1917: 84 [original combination]
• Oligodon bella — Ding & Zheng, 1974 [subsequent combination]
• Oligodon bellus — Zhao et al., 1998 [subsequent combination]
• Elaphe bella — Schulz, Helfenberger, Rao & Cen, 2000 [subsequent combination]
• Maculophis bella — Burbrink & Lawson, 2007: 186 [subsequent combination]
• Archelaphe bella — Schulz, Böhme & Tillack, 2011 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Coluber leonardi Wall, 1921: 43 [synonymized by Schulz, Helfenberger, Rao & Cen (2000)]
  • Holotype: BNHS, collected by P.R.M. Leonard.
  • Type locality: “Sinlum Kaba, Burma, Lat. 24” Long, 97º at an elevation of 6,000 feet”.

References

Primary references

• Stanley, A. [1916] 1917. Two new species of Chinese snakes. Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 47: 83–84.
• Wall, F. 1921. Notes on some notable additions to the Bombay N.H.S. Snakes Collection. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 28: 43–44. BHL
• Schulz, D., Helfenberger, N., Rao, D.-Q. & Cen, J. 2000. Eine verkannte Colubridenart, Elaphe bella (Stanley 1917). Sauria 22(1): 11–18.
• Burbrink, F.T. & Lawson, R. 2007. How and when did Old World ratsnakes disperse into the New World? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43(1): 173–189. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.09.009 Reference page. 
• Schulz, K.-D., Böhme, W. & Tillack, F. 2011. Hemipenis Morphology of Coronella bella Stanley, 1917 with Comments on Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Issues of Ratsnakes (Squamata: Colubridae: Colubrinae: Elaphe Auct.). Russian Journal of Herpetology 18(4): 273–283. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2011-18-4-273–283 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Jiang, A.-W., Zhou, F., Liu, H. & Wang, S.-N. 2006. [A new record of snake, Oligodon bellus, in Guangxi autonomous region] (In Chinese). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 25(2): 271.
• Orlov, N.L., Ryabov, S.A., Nguyen, T.T. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2010. Rediscovery and Redescription of Two Rare Snake Species: Oligodon lacroixi Angel et Bourret, 1933 and Maculophis bellus chapaensis (Bourret, 1934) [Squamata: Ophidia: Colubridae] from Fansipan Mountains, Northern Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 17(4): 310–322. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2010-17-4-310-322

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Archelaphe bella. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 July 2020.
• Rao, D.-q., Jiang, J. & Guo, P. 2018. IUCN: Archelaphe bella  (Least Concern) (amended version of 2012 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T190611A127948509. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T190611A127948509.en

Vernacular names

English: Bella Ratsnake