Jump to content

Euprepiophis

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 108.17.71.21 (talk) at 14:59, 24 September 2013 (Clean up. Add citations.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Euprepiophis
Euprepiophis mandarinus in a terrarium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum:
Vertebrata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Family:
Colubridae
Subfamily:
Colubrinae
Genus:
Euprepiophis

Species

see text

Euprepiophis is a genus of nonvenomous colubrid snakes, containing 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. They are true rat snakes but are not as closely related to other European, Asian, or North American rat snakes as their former place in Elaphe might suggest.

Species

References

  1. ^ Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
  2. ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Euprepiophis.


Stub icon

This colubrid snake article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Euprepiophis&oldid=574329903"