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Elaphe (corn snakes, fox snakes, and rat snakes)

Synonyms: Composoma; Compsosoma

Wikipedia Abstract

Elaphe is one of the main genera of the rat snakes, which are found in many regions of the northern hemisphere. Elaphe are medium to large constrictors by nature. All species are nonvenomous. Although all of the species in Elaphe are nonvenomous, bites from rat snakes are still irritably painful and can potentially cause bacterial infections due to the saliva.
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Species

Elaphe anomala (Attributes)
Elaphe bimaculata (Chinese Leopard Snake) (Attributes)
Elaphe cantoris (Eastern Trinket Snake) (Attributes)
Elaphe carinata (Taiwan Stink Snake) (Attributes)
Elaphe climacophora (Japanese rat snake) (Attributes)
Elaphe davidi (Pere David's Rat Snake) (Attributes)
Elaphe dione (Steppes Ratsnakes) (Attributes)
Elaphe hodgsoni
Elaphe lineata
Elaphe moellendorffi (Flower Snake, Moellendorf’s rat snake) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Elaphe quadrivirgata (Japanese Four-lined Ratsnake) (Attributes)
Elaphe quatuorlineata (Four-lined Ratsnake) (Attributes)
Elaphe sauromates (East-Four-lined Ratsnake) (Attributes)
Elaphe schrenckii (Amur Ratsnakes, Siberian Ratsnake) (Attributes)
Elaphe taeniura (Beauty Snake) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Elaphe urartica
Elaphe xiphodonta
Elaphe zoigeensis (Zoige Ratsnake)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0