Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates 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 Xenelaphis Biodiversity of the family Colubridae Genus Xenelaphis Asian Brown Snakes Asiatische Braune Rattennattern Asiatiske Brunsnoge 1864 Xenelaphis Günther (type species: Coluber hexahonotus [sic] Cantor 1847) Contents: 2 species, none of which are endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: SE. Asia, Malay Archipelago. Reported from: Brunei, Indonesia (Bangka, Belitung, Java, Kalimantan, Riau Islands, Sumatra), Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak, West Malaysia), Singapore, Thailand. Xenelaphis ellipsifer Ocellated Brown Snake, Ornate Brown Snake Gefleckte Braune Rattennatter Plettet Brunsnog 1900 Xenelaphis ellipsifer Boulenger Distribution: Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sumatra), Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak, West Malaysia). Xenelaphis hexagonotus Sunda Brown Snake, Malayan Brown Snake, Malaysian Brown Snake Indomalaiische Braune Rattennatter, Indomalaiische Rattennatter Sunda-brunsnog 1847 Coluber hexahonotus [sic] Cantor Coluber hexagonotus Cantor 1847 [emendation of original spelling] (Iskandar & Colijn 2001) Coryphodon hexanotus Günther 1858 Xenelaphis hexagonotus Günther 1864 Ptyas hexagonotus Theobald 1876 Xenelaphis hexagonotus Boulenger 1890 1854 Coryphodon sublutescens Duméril & Bibron (Smith 1943) Remarks: Presence in Myanmar and Vietnam needs confirmation (Dowling & Jenner 1988; Grismer, Vogel & Chan-Ard 2012). Distribution: Brunei, Indonesia (Bangka, Belitung, Java, Kalimantan, Riau Islands, Sumatra), Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak, West Malaysia), Singapore, Thailand.