Elaphe moellendorffi

Elaphe moellendorffi
	juvenile flower snake
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Elaphe
Species:	E. moellendorffi
Binomial name
	Elaphe moellendorffi; (Boettger, 1886)
Synonyms
	Cynophis moellendorffi ; Boettger, 1886; Coluber moellendorffi ; — Boulenger, 1894; Elaphe moellendorffi ; — Stejneger, 1907; Amblycephalus moellendorffi ; — Deuve, 1961; Orthriophis moellendorffi ; — Utiger et al., 2002; Elaphe moellendorffi ; — Chen et al., 2017;

Elaphe moellendorffi, commonly called the flower snake or Moellendorf's [sic] rat snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to southeastern Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, moellendorffi, is in honor of German malacologist Otto Franz von Möllendorf.^[2]

Geographic range

E. moellendorffi is found in China (Guangdong, Guangxi) and Vietnam (Hòa Bình). It may possibly also occur in Laos.^[1]

Description

E. moellendorffi is a large snake. Adults may attain a total length (including tail) of 1.66 m (5.4 ft).^[3]

A subadult Elaphe moellendorffi

Reproduction

E. moellendorffi is oviparous.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Species Elaphe moellendorffi at The Reptile Database
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael 92011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Elaphe moellendorffi, p. 81).
^ Boulenger (1894).

Boettger O (1886). "Diagnoses Reptilium Novorum ab ill. viris O. Herz et Consule Dr. O. Fr. de Moellendorf in Sina meridionali reportorum ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 9: 519-520. (Cynophis moellendorffi, new species, p. 520). (in Latin).
Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Coluber moellendorffi, p. 56).
Chen, Xin; Lemmon, Alan R.; Lemmon, Emily Moriarty; Pyron, R. Alexander; Burbrink, Frank T. (2017). "Using phylogenomics to understand the link between biogeographic origins and regional diversification in ratsnakes". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 111: 206-218.

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[RDB-1] Species Elaphe moellendorffi at The Reptile Database

[2] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael 92011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Elaphe moellendorffi, p. 81).

[3] Boulenger (1894).

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