Euprepiophis perlaceus
Euprepiophis perlaceus, also known as Sichuan rat snake or pearl-banded rat snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae snake. It is endemic to western Sichuan Province in China.[1][2] This snake is designated as Endangered by the IUCN Red List.[1] It is found in the Palearctic.
| Euprepiophis perlaceus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Euprepiophis |
| Species: | E. perlaceus |
| Binomial name | |
| Euprepiophis perlaceus (Stejneger, 1929) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Elaphe perlacea Stejneger, 1929 | |
It is one of three species of Asian rat snakes which were formerly assigned to the genus Elaphe. They were separated from Elaphe in 2002 by Utiger et al. following evidence from DNA analysis. It is a true rat snake but it is not as closely related to other northern-hemisphere rat snakes as its former place in Elaphe would suggest.[3]
References
- Zhou, Z., Guo, P. & Jiang, J. 2012. Euprepiophis perlacea. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species2012: e.T192132A2044734. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192132A2044734.en. Downloaded on 30 May 2019.
- Euprepiophis perlaceus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 June 2019.
- Utiger, Urs; Helfenberger, Notker; Schätti, Beat; Schmidt, Catherine J.; Ruf, Markus & Ziswiler, Vincent (2002). "Molecular systematics and phylogeny of Old and New World ratsnakes, Elaphe Auct., and related genera (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae)" (PDF). Russian Journal of Herpetology. 9 (2): 105–124. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16.
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