Elaphe moellendorffi

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 moellendorffi

Name

Elaphe moellendorffi (Boettger, 1886)

Type locality: China: Guangxi, Nanning.

Holotype: SMF 8056.

Synonyms

• Cynophis Moellendorffi Boettger, 1886: 520
• Coluber moellendorffi — Boulenger, 1894: 56
• Elaphe moellendorffii Stejneger, 1907
• Elaphe moellendorffi — Smith, 1943: 153
• Elaphe moellendorffi — Schulz, 1996
• Orthriophis moellendorffi — Utiger et al., 2002

References

• Boettger, O. 1886: Diagnoses reptilium novorum ab ill. viris O. Herz et Consule Dr. O. Fr. de Moellendorff in Sina meridionali repertorum. Zool. Anz. 9: 519–520.
• Schulz, Klaus-Dieter 1996: A monograph of the colubrid snakes of the genus Elaphe Fitzinger. Koeltz Scientific Books, 439 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.
• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Elaphe moellendorffi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 June 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Moellendorf’s Rat Snake