Biology:Euprepiophis perlaceus

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Short description: Species of snake

Euprepiophis perlaceus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

Elaphe perlacea Stejneger, 1929

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.

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

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Zhou, Z.; Guo, P.; Jiang, J. (2012). "Euprepiophis perlacea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T192132A2044734. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192132A2044734.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/192132/2044734. Retrieved 18 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Euprepiophis perlaceus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 June 2019.
  3. 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)". Russian Journal of Herpetology 9 (2): 105–124. http://www.venomdoc.com/downloads/Utiger_Elaphe_Phylogeny.pdf. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3023768 entry