Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Euprepiophis
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East Asian Rat Snakes, (Racers)
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Ostasiatische Rattennattern
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Østasiatiske Rottesnoge
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1843 |  |
Euprepiophis Fitzinger (type species: Coluber conspicillatus Boie 1826) |
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1861 | |
Proterodon Hallowell (type species: Proterodon tessellatus Hallowell 1860) |
Contents:
3 species, of which 1 (33.3%) is endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously included in the genus
Elaphe (e.g., Schulz 1996). Revalidated by Utiger, Helfenberger, Schätti, Schmidt, Ruf & Ziswiler (2002).
Distribution:
E. Asia.
Reported from:
China
(Anhui,
Chongqing,
Fujian,
Gansu,
Guangdong,
Guangxi,
Guizhou,
Hebei,
Henan,
Hubei,
Hunan,
Jiangsu,
Jiangxi,
Liaoning,
Ningxia,
Shaanxi,
Shanxi,
Sichuan,
Tibet,
Yunnan,
Zhejiang),
India
(Arunachal Pradesh,
Manipur,
Mizoram,
Nagaland),
Japan
(Hokkaido,
Honshu,
Kyushu,
Shikoku,
Izu Islands,
Ryukyu Islands
[Satsunan Islands]),
Laos,
Myanmar,
Russia
(Kuril Islands),
Taiwan,
Vietnam.
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Euprepiophis conspicillatus
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Japanese Forest Rat Snake, Japanese Burrowing Rat Snake
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Japanische Waldnatter
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Japansk Skovrottesnog
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1826 | |
Coluber conspicillatus Boie |
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Elaphis conspicillatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril 1854 |
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Coronella conspicillata Jan 1865 |
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Elaphe conspicillata Stejneger 1907 |
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Euprepiohis conspicillatus Utiger, Helfenberger, Schätti, Schmidt, Ruf & Ziswiler 2002 |
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1860 | |
Proterodon tessellatus Hallowell (Stejneger 1907) |
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1878 | |
Coronella perspicillata Müller (Stejneger 1907) |
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1931 | |
Elaphe japonica Maki (Maki 1984; Schulz 1996) |
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Elaphe conspicillata japonica Sengoku 1979 |
Remarks:
Status of japonica uncertain. Regarded by some authors as a subspecies of conspicillata (e.g. Kudravtsev & Mamet 1989), and by others simply as a colour phase of same (e.g., Schulz 1996). Considered a valid species by Szczerbak (2003) and by Ananjeva, Orlov, Khalikov, Darevsky, Ryabov & Barabanov (2006).
Distribution:
Japan
(Hokkaido,
Honshu,
Kyushu,
Shikoku,
Izu Islands,
Ryukyu Islands
[Satsunan Islands]),
Russia
(Kuril Islands).
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Euprepiophis mandarinus
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Mandarin Rat Snake, Mandarin Trinket Snake, Mandarin Snake
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Mandarinnatter
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Mandarin-rottesnog
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1840 | |
Coluber mandarinus Cantor |
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Elaphe mandarinus Stejneger 1925 |
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Euprepiohis mandarinus Utiger, Helfenberger, Schätti, Schmidt, Ruf & Ziswiler 2002 |
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1912 | |
Ablabes pavo Annandale (Smith 1943) |
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Coluber pavo Wall 1923 |
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Elaphe takasago Takahashi (Zhao & Adler 1993) |
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1933 | |
Holarchus roulei Angel & Bourret (Smith 1943) |
Introduced to:
China
(Beijing).
Distribution:
China
(Anhui,
Chongqing,
Fujian,
Gansu,
Guangdong,
Guangxi,
Guizhou,
Hebei,
Henan,
Hubei,
Hunan,
Jiangsu,
Jiangxi,
Liaoning,
Ningxia,
Shaanxi,
Shanxi,
Sichuan,
Tibet,
Yunnan,
Zhejiang),
India
(Arunachal Pradesh,
Manipur,
Mizoram,
Nagaland),
Laos,
Myanmar,
Taiwan,
Vietnam.
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Euprepiophis mandarinus
© Rune Midtgaard
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Euprepiophis perlacea
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Pearl-banded Rat Snake, Sichuan Rat Snake
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Perl-Rattennatter
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Perle-rottesnog
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1929 | |
Elaphe perlacea Stejneger |
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Euprepiophis perlacea Utiger, Helfenberger, Schätti, Schmidt, Ruf & Ziswiler 2002 [by implication] |
Remarks:
Has been regarded as a closely related species or possibly a synonym of mandarinus (Utiger, Helfenberger, Schätti, Schmidt, Ruf & Ziswiler 2002). The results of Chen, Jiang, Guo, Huang, Rao, Ding, Takeuchi, Che, Zhang, Myers & Burbrink (2014) supported the validity of perlacea as a valid species.
Distribution:
China
(Sichuan).
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