Archelaphe
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| Archelaphe | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Archelaphe Schulz, Böhme & Tillack, 2011 |
| Species: | A. bella |
| Binomial name | |
| Archelaphe bella (Stanley, 1917) | |
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Archelaphe is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae. The genus contains the sole species Archelaphe bella, commonly known as the Bella rat snake, which is endemic to Asia.[2]
Geographic range[edit]
A. bella is found in China, India, Myanmar, and Vietnam.[2]
Description[edit]
The dorsal pattern of A. bella resembles that of the North American corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus).[2] The longest specimen of A. bella measured by M.A. Smith (1943) was a male with a total length of 81 cm (32 in) which included a tail 12.5 cm (4.9 in) long.
Reproduction[edit]
Subspecies[edit]
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
- Archelaphe bella bella (Stanley, 1917)
- Archelaphe bella chapaensis (Bourret, 1934)
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Archelaphe.
References[edit]
- ^ Rao, D.-q.; Jiang, J.; Guo, P. (2018). "Archelaphe bella". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T190611A127948509. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f Archelaphe bella at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 December 2016.
Further reading[edit]
- Bourret RN (1934). "Notes herpétologiques sur l'Indochine Française II. Sur quelques serpents des montagnes du Tonkin ". Bulletin Général de l'Instruction Publique, Hanoi 1934: 149–157. (Elaphe leonardi chapaensis, new subspecies). (in French).
- Orlov, Nikolai L.; Ryabov, Sergey A.; Nguyen, Thien Tao; Nguyen, Truong Quang (2010). "Rediscovery and Redescription of Two Rare Snake Species: Oligodon lacroixi Angel et Bourret, 1933 and Maculophis bellus chapaensis (Bourret, 1934) [Squamata: Ophidia: Colubridae] from Fansipan Mountains, Northern Vietnam". Russian Journal of Herpetology 17 (4): 310–322.
- Schulz, Klaus-Dieter; Böhme, Wolfgang; Tillack, Frank (2011). "Hemipenis Morphology of Coronella bella Stanley, 1917 with Comments on Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Issues of Ratsnakes (Squamata: Colubridae: Colubrinae: Elaphe auct.)". Russian Journal of Herpetology 18 (4): 273–283. (Archelaphe, new genus).
- Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Elaphe leonardi, pp. 156–157).
- Stanley, Arthur (1917). "Two new species of Chinese snakes". Journal of the North-China Branch Royal Asiatic Society, Shanghai 47: 83–84. (Coronella bella, new species).
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