Elaphe is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. Elaphe is one of the main genera of the rat snakes, which are found in many regions of the northern hemisphere. Elaphe species are medium to large constrictors by nature.
Based on the mitochondrial DNA analysis results, many species of Elaphe have been moved to the genera Bogertophis, Coelognathus, Gonyosoma, Orthriophis, Pantherophis, Rhinechis, Senticolis, Zamenis, and others.[1]
Nevertheless, the generic name Elaphe is still widely used.
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Elaphe is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. Elaphe is one of the main genera of the rat snakes, which are found in many regions of the northern...
and adjacent Texas). P. guttatus was previously placed in the genus Elaphe, but Elaphe was found to be paraphyletic by Utiger et al., leading to placement...
(and is still placed by many) in the genus Elaphe, as Elaphe obsoleta. However, Utiger et al. found that Elaphe is broadly construed as paraphyletic, and...
Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma. It intergrades with other subspecies of Elaphe obsoleta, so exact range boundaries are impossible to distinguish. The epithet...
relative to humans. Previously, most rat snakes were assigned to the genus Elaphe, but many have been since renamed following mitochondrial DNA analysis performed...
Elaphe carinata, the king ratsnake, is a species of Colubrid snake found in Southeast and East Asia. Elaphe carinata is a large species of snake with...
Strahlennatter, Elaphe radiata (Schlegel). Elaphe 1983 (3): 33-36 Schulz, Klaus-Dieter (1996). A monograph of the colubrid snakes of the genus Elaphe Fitzinger...
Aesculapian snake /ˌɛskjəˈleɪpiən/ (now Zamenis longissimus, previously Elaphe longissima) is a species of nonvenomous snake native to Europe, a member...
Girard in 1853 as Scotophis emoryi. It has often been placed in the genus Elaphe, but phylogenetic analyses performed in the 2000s have resulted in its transfer...
Snake (Elaphe vulpina)". Illinois State Museum – Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 15 June 2017. "Western Fox Snake Elaphe vulpina"...
Gattung Elaphe. Teil XI Elaphe helena (Daudin, 1803)". Sauria 9 (4): 3-7. (in German). Schulz K-D (1996). Eine Monographie der Schlangengattung Elaphe Fitzinger...
Elaphe schrenckii is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is indigenous to Northeast Asia. Common names for E. schrenckii...
University Press. 125 pp. (Elaphe obsoleta, p. 83). Burbrink FT (2001). "Systematics of the eastern ratsnake complex (Elaphe obsoleta)". Herpetological...
The Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora) is a medium-sized colubrid snake found throughout the Japanese archipelago (except the far South West) as...
and Europe. London: Collins. 272 pp. + Plates 1-40. ISBN 0-00-219318-3. (Elaphe situla, pp. 197–198 + Plate 36 + Map 110 on p. 266). Linnaeus C (1758)....
Elaphe hodgsoni, also known commonly as Hodgson's rat snake and the Himalayan trinket snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species...
in Southeast Asia. This species was previously recognized in the genus Elaphe. Brunei Darussalam Cambodia India (Andaman Is.) Indonesia (Jawa, Kalimantan...
Elaphe quadrivirgata, commonly known as the Japanese four-lined ratsnake or the Japanese striped snake (Japanese: shimahebi = striped snake), is a species...
The beauty rat snake (Elaphe taeniura), also called the beauty ratsnake, the beauty snake, or the cave racer, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae...
closely related. Pantherophis bairdi has often been placed in the genus Elaphe, but recent phylogenetic analyses have resulted in its transfer to the genus...
"A Multivariate Approach to the Systematics of Italian Rat Snakes of the Elaphe longissima Complex (Reptilia, Colubridae): Revalidation of Camerano's Callopeltis...
Elaphe bimaculata, the twin-spotted ratsnake or Chinese leopard snake, is a small ratsnake (60–80 cm) found in China. It occurs as both blotched and striped...
Elaphe anomala commonly known as the Korean rat snake, GuReongEe is a non-venomous species of colubrid snake known from China and Korea. Its common names...
Elaphe moellendorffi, commonly called the flower snake or Moellendorf's [sic] rat snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is...
mitochondrial DNA, Utiger et al. (2002) argued for a splintering of the genus Elaphe and suggested a reworking of the genera. However, all published taxonomy...
only member of the genus Oreocryptophis, but it was formerly placed in Elaphe. The head is small, sharp and squarish, while the color pattern includes...
mitochondrial DNA, Utiger et al. (2002) argued for a splintering of the genus Elaphe and suggested a reworking of the genera. The mandarin rat snake is a secretive...
than most of the species formerly classified alongside it in the genus Elaphe. Defensive signals include hissing and lunging forward with the mouth open...
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