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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: October 9th, 2024.


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








Genus
Rhadinophis

Rein Snake

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Grøn Tøjlerottesnog

1922 Rhadinophis Vogt (type species: Rhadinophis melli Vogt 1922)
Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: The single species of this genus has had a turbulent taxonomic history, previously being assigned to Elaphe, Gonyosoma, and Rhynchophis. Synonymized with Gonyosoma by Chen, McKelvy, Grismer, Matsui, Nishikawa & Burbrink (2014). Revalidated as a separate genus by Wallach, Midtgaard & Hsiao (2024).
Distribution: As for the single species.

Rhadinophis frenatus

Rein Snake, Khasi Hills Rat Snake, Khasi Hills Trinket Snake, Assam Trinket Snake

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Grøn Tøjlerottesnog, (Indisk Grøn Rottesnog)

1853 Herpetrodryas frenatus [sic] Gray
Coluber frenatus Boulenger 1890
Gonyosoma frenatum Günther 1858
Elaphe frenata Pope 1935
Rhadinophis frenata Burbrink & Lawson 2007 (by implication)
Rhynchophis frenatus Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
1922 Rhadinophis melli Vogt (syn. Smith 1943)
Gonyosoma melli Mell 1931
1925 Gonyosoma caldwelli Schmidt (syn. Smith 1943)
1958 Chrysopelea ornata lungchuanensis Hu, Huang, He & Wei (syn. Zhao & Adler 1993)

Distribution: Bhutan, China (Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya), Laos, Taiwan, Vietnam.