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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Colubridae
Bibliography of the genus Archelaphe
Biodiversity of the family Colubridae








Genus
Archelaphe

Venus Rat Snake

Venus-Kletternatter

Venus-rottesnog

2007 Maculophis Burbrink & Lawson [nomen nudum] (type species: Coronella bella Stanley 1917; syn. Schulz, Böhme & Tillack 2011)
2011 Archelaphe Schulz, Böhme & Tillack [substitute name for Maculophis Burbrink & Lawson 2007] (type species: Coronella bella Stanley 1917)
Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Distribution: As for the single species.

Archelaphe bella

Venus Rat Snake, Elegant Rat Snake, Dice-like Trinket Snake, Bella Rat Snake

Venus-Kletternatter

Venus-rottesnog

1917 Coronella bella Stanley [1916]
Elaphe porphyracea bella Angel & Bourret 1933
Oligodon bella Ding & Zheng 1974
Wallophis bella Welch 1988
Elaphe bella Schulz, Helfenberger, Rao & Cen 2000
Maculophis bellus Burbrink & Lawson 2007
Archelaphe bella Schulz, Böhme & Tillack 2011
1921 Coluber leonardi Wall (Schulz, Helfenberger, Rao & Cen 2000)
Elaphe leonardi Bourret 1934
Maculophis bellus leonardi Luo, Gao, Liu, Xu & Luo 2010
1929 Coronella pulchra Werner (Schulz, Böhme & Tillack 2011)
1934 Elaphe leonardi chapaensis Bourret (Schulz, Helfenberger, Rao & Cen 2000)
Elaphe bella chapaensis Schulz, Helfenberger, Rao & Cen 2000
Maculophis bellus chapaensis Burbrink & Lawson 2007
Archelaphe bella chapaensis Schulz, Böhme & Tillack 2011

Other common names:
chapaensis: Chapa Rat Snake, Burmese Rat Snake
leonardi: Leonard's Rat Snake
Remarks: Distribution: China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan), India (Assam, Nagaland), Myanmar, Vietnam.