Euprepiophis conspicillata

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

Euprepiophis conspicillata (Boie, 1826)

Syntypes (7): RMNH 399, adult indet., RMNH 400a–b, two juveniles, RMNH 401a–b, two adults, and BMNH (2), ♂ and juvenile, collected by J.C. Blomhoff between 1817–1824.
Type locality: “Jap. [=Japan]”.

Coluber conspicillatus Boie, 1826: 211 [original combination]
Elaphis conspicillatus — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 285 [subsequent combination]
Coronella conspicillata — Jan, 1865 [subsequent combination]
Elaphe conspicillata — Stejneger, 1907: 334 [subsequent combination]
Euprepiohis conspicillatus — Utiger, Helfenberger, Schätti, Schmidt, Ruf & Ziswiler, 2002 [subsequent combination]

Proterodon tessellatus Hallowell, 1860: 499 [synonymized by Stejneger (1907: 334)
- Type material: unknown.
- Type locality: “Japan”.
Elaphe japonica Maki, 1931: 91
- Holotype: NSMT H03244, juvenile ♂, collected by Tei-Keito i n July 1930.
- Type locality: “Shirane-san near Nikko”, Tochigi Prefecture, Honshu, Japan.

Boie, H. 1826. Merkmale einiger japanischen Lurche. Isis von Oken 18(2): 203–216. BHL Reference page.
Duméril, A.M.C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A.H.A. 1854. Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Deuxième partie, comprenant l'histoire des serpents venimeux. Librarie encyclopédique de Roret: Paris, France. i-xii + 781–1536 pp. BHL Reference page.
Stejneger, L.H. 1907. Herpetology of Japan and adjacent territory. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 58: xx + 1–577, 35 pls. BHL Reference page.
Maki, M. 1931. A Monograph of the Snakes of Japan. Dai-ichi Shobo: Tokyo. 240 pp. 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.

Schulz, K.-D. 1996. A monograph of the colubrid snakes of the genus Elaphe Fitzinger. Koeltz Scientific Books. 439 pp.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Euprepiophis conspicillata. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 Ocotber 2021.
Borkin, L., Kidera, N. & Ota, H. 2017. IUCN: Euprepiophis conspicillata (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T47755805A47755812. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T47755805A47755812.en

Deutsch: Japanische Waldnatter
English: Japanese Woodsnake
日本語: ジムグリ
русский: Японский полоз

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