Elaphe cantoris

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 cantoris

Name

Elaphe cantoris (Boulenger, 1894)

Type locality: Himalayas, Khasi and Garo Hills, Myanmar (= Burma).

Synonyms

• Coluber cantoris Boulenger, 1894: 35
• Coluber reticularis Cantor, 1839: 51 (non Daudin; fide Boulenger, 1894)
• Spilotes reticularis — Günther, 1858: 98 (fide Boulenger, 1894)
• Elaphe cantoris — Shaw et al., 1939
• Elaphe cantoris — Smith, 1943: 152
• Elaphe cantoris — Das, 1996: 56
• Gonyosoma cantoris — Wallach, 1997
• Elaphe cantoris — Vogel, 2002 (pers. comm.)
• Orthriophis cantoris — Utiger et al. ,2002
• Elaphe cantoris — Gruber in Schleich & Kästle, 2002
• Elaphe cantoris — Sharma, 2004

References

• Boulenger, George A. 1894: Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London, xi, 382 pp.
• 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.
• Sharma, R.C. 2004: Handbook Indian Snakes. AKHIL BOOKS, New Delhi, 292 pp.
• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Elaphe cantoris. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 June 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Khasi Rat Snake