Radiated ratsnake
The radiated ratsnake, copperhead rat snake or copper-headed trinket snake (Coelognathus radiatus) is a nonvenomous[2][3] species of colubrid snake.
| Radiated ratsnake | |
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| C. radiatus in threat display | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Coelognathus |
| Species: | C. radiatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Coelognathus radiatus | |
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Temperament
These snakes are generally very defensive. They are very confident in their ability to defend themselves so you must be very confident in order to remotely have a chance at controlling this species. They are also a good trainer snakes for those looking to get into cobras and other elapids.
Distribution
- Indonesia (Sumatra, Bangka, Borneo/Kalimantan, Java),
- Malaysia and Brunei (Malaya and East Malaysia); Borneo,
- Singapore Island,
- Burma (Myanmar),
- Thailand (including Phuket), Koh Phangan
- Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam,
- Japan (Ryukyu Islands),
- India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh (Miao - Changlang district, Chessa, Chimpu, Itanagar - Papum Pare district) [A. Captain, pers. comm.]),
- Bangladesh, Nepal,
- South China (Fujian, Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hong Kong),
- Nepal[4]
Type locality: Java[5]
References
- https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id58575/ (Retrieved Feb. 18, 2010.)
- Copper-headed Trinket Snake, Snakes Of India Archived 2014-10-30 at the Wayback Machine, Toxicology Centre.com
- "Coelognathus radiatus (Boie, 1827)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
- Coelognathus radiatus (Boie, 1827) The Reptile Database. (Retrieved 20 Sep. 2014)
- Boie, F. (1827). Bemerkungen über Merrem's Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien, 1. Lieferung: Ophidier. Isis van Oken, Jena, 20: 508-566
Sources
- Barbour, Thomas (1912). Some Chinese Vertebrates: Amphibia and Reptilia. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative. Zoölogy 40 (4): 125-136
- Cantor, T. E. (1839). Spicilegium serpentium indicorum [part 1]. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1839: 31-34
- Chan-ard, T.; Grossmann, W.; Gumprecht, A. & Schulz, K. D. (1999). Amphibians and reptiles of peninsular Malaysia and Thailand - an illustrated checklist. [bilingual English and German]. Bushmaster Publications, Würselen, Germany, 240 pp.
- Cox, Merel J.; Van Dijk, Peter Paul; Jarujin Nabhitabhata & Thirakhupt, Kumthorn (1998). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Ralph Curtis Publishing, 144 pp.
- David, P. & Vogel, G. (1996). The snakes of Sumatra. An annotated checklist and key with natural history notes. Bücher Kreth, Frankfurt/M.
- Duméril, ANDRÉ MARIE CONSTANT (1853). Prodrome de la classification des reptiles ophidiens. Mém. Acad. Sci., Paris, 23: 399-536
- Gumprecht, A. (2003). Anmerkungen zu den Chinesischen Kletternattern der Gattung Elaphe (sensu lato) Fitzinger 1833. Reptilia (Münster) 8 (6): 37-41
- Helfenberger, Notker (2001). Phylogenetic relationship of Old World Ratsnakes based on visceral organ topography, osteology, and allozyme variation. Russ. J. Herpetol. (Suppl.), 56 pp.
- Schmidt, D. (1983). Die Strahlennatter, Elaphe radiata (Schlegel). Elaphe 1983 (3): 33-36
- 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.
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