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
Oreocryptophis
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Red Mountain Rat Snake
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Rote Bambusnatter
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Rød Bjergrottesnog
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Oreophis Utiger, Helfenberger, Schätti, Schmidt, Ruf & Ziswiler (type species: Coluber porphyraceus Cantor 1839) [not Oreophis Dugès 1897 (Serpentes)] |
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Oreocryptophis Utiger, Schätti & Helfenberger [substitute name for Oreophis Utiger, Helfenberger, Schätti, Schmidt, Ruf & Ziswiler 2002] |
Contents:
1 species, which is not endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
The single species of this genus was previously included in the genus
Elaphe (e.g., Smith 1943, Schulz 1996). For unknown reasons, Zaher, Grazziotin, Cadle, Murphy, Moura-Leite & Bonatto (2009) listed both Oreophis and Oreocryptophis as valid genera, although the latter is a replacement name for the former.
Distribution:
As for the single species.
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Oreocryptophis porphyraceus
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Red Mountain Rat Snake, Black-striped Trinket Snake, Black-banded Trinket Snake, Banded Trinket Snake, Red Mountain Racer, Red Bamboo Trinket Snake, Red Bamboo Snake
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Rote Bambusnatter
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Rød Bjergrottesnog
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1839 | |
Coluber porphyraceus Cantor |
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Ablabes porphyraceus Boulenger 1890 |
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Elaphe porphyracea Van Denburg 1909 |
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Oreophis porphyraceus Utiger, Helfenberger, Schätti, Schmidt, Ruf & Ziswiler 2002 |
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Oreocryptophis porphyraceus Utiger, Schätti & Helfenberger 2005 |
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Ortriophis porphyraceus [sic] Kästle, Rai & Schleich 2013 (generic assignment probably in error) |
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Psammophis nigrofasciatus Cantor (Schulz, Helfenberger & Chettri 2010) |
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Coluber porphyraceus nigrofasciatus Rendahl 1937 |
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Elaphe porphyracea nigrofasciata Pope 1935 |
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1853 | |
Coronella callicephalus Gray (Schulz & Helfenberger 1998) |
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Coluber callicephalus Günther 1858 |
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1876 | |
Simotes vaillanti Sauvage (Schulz & Helfenberger 1998; Teynié & David 2007) |
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Holarchus vaillanti Mell 1931 |
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Elaphe porphyracea vaillanti Schulz & Helfenberger 1998 |
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Oreocryptophis porphyraceus vaillanti Utiger, Schätti & Helfenberger 2005 [by implication] |
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Oreophis porphyraceus vaillanti Gumprecht 2003 |
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1910 | |
Liopeltis kawakamii Oshima (Schulz & Helfenberger 1998) |
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Elaphe porphyracea kawakamii Mell 1931 [1929] |
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Elaphe porphyracea pulchra Schmidt |
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Coluber porphyraceus pulchra Werner 1929 |
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Elaphe porphyracea hainana Mell [1929] (nomen nudum, Schulz & Helfenberger 1998) |
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Coluber porphyraceus hainanus Rendahl 1937 |
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Oreophis porphyraceus hainana Knietch 2005 |
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1931 | |
Elaphe porphyracea sikiangensis Mell [1929] (Zhao & Adler 1993) |
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1934 | |
Elaphe porphyracea longilineata Bourret (Smith 1943) |
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1998 | |
Elaphe porphyracea laticincta Schulz & Helfenberger |
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Oreocryptophis porphyraceus laticinctus Böhme 2010 |
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Elaphe porphyracea coxi Schulz & Helfenberger |
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Oreocryptophis porphyraceus coxi Utiger, Schätti & Helfenberger 2005 [by implication] |
Other common names:
coxi: Thai Red Mountain Rat Snake, Thai Bamboo Rat Snake
hainanus: Hainan Red Mountain Rat Snake, Hainan Bamboo Rat Snake
kawakamii: Taiwan Red Mountain Rat Snake, Taiwan Bamboo Rat Snake
laticinctus: Broad-banded Red Mountain Rat Snake
porphyraceus: Common Red Mountain Rat Snake, Western Banded Trinket Snake
pulcher: Yunnan Red Mountain Rat Snake
vaillanti (ex-nigrofasciatus): Chinese Red Mountain Rat Snake, Chinese Bamboo Rat Snake
Remarks:
The subspecies nigrofasciatus has now been restricted to a single individual (the type specimen), which allegedly came from Singapore. However, this was
probably just the place from where the specimen was shipped, so its exact origin remains unclear.
All other populations previously identified as nigrofasciatus are now referred to vaillanti (Schulz & Helfenberger 1998).
Distribution:
Bangladesh,
Bhutan,
Cambodia,
China
(Anhui,
Chongqing,
Fujian,
Gansu,
Guangdong,
Guangxi,
Guizhou,
Hainan,
Henan,
Hong Kong,
Hunan,
Jiangsu,
Jiangxi,
Shaanxi,
Sichuan,
Tibet,
Yunnan,
Zhejiang),
India
(Arunachal Pradesh,
Manipur,
Meghalaya,
Mizoram,
Nagaland,
Sikkim,
West Bengal),
Indonesia
(Sumatra),
Laos,
Malaysia
(West Malaysia
[incl.
Seribuat Archipelago
(incl.
Tioman)]),
Myanmar,
Nepal,
Taiwan,
Thailand,
Vietnam.
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