Eastern trinket snake

Eastern trinket snake
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Elaphe
Species:	E. cantoris
Binomial name
	Elaphe cantoris; (Boulenger, 1894)
Synonyms
	Coluber cantoris; Boulenger, 1894; Elaphe cantoris; — M.A. Smith, 1943; Gonyosoma cantoris; — Wallach, 1997; Orthriophis cantoris; — Utiger et al., 2002; Elaphe cantoris; — Chen et al., 2017;

Last updated October 10, 2023

The eastern trinket snake (Elaphe cantoris) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, cantoris, is in honor of Danish zoologist Theodore Edward Cantor.^[3]

Geographic range

E. cantoris is found in the Himalayas in Bhutan, India (Assam, Darjeeling, Sikkim), Myanmar, and Nepal.^[1] The type locality is the Khasi and Garo Hills in Meghalaya.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. cantoris is mountain forest at elevations of 1,000–2,300 m (3,300–7,500 ft).^[4]

Description

E. cantoris is a large species, and may grow to a total length (including tail) of almost 2 m (6.6 ft). Dorsally, it has a brownish ground color, which is overlaid by a series of squarish dark brown blotches. Ventrally, it is yellowish anteriorly, becoming pinkish posteriorly.^[4]

Behavior

E. cantoris is partly arboreal.^[2]

Reproduction

E. cantoris is oviparous. In India, sexually mature females lay eggs in late July, with an average clutch size of 10 eggs.^[4]

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References

1 2 Tshewang S, Ghosh A, Wogan G (2021). "Elaphe cantoris ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T192117A2042341.en. Accessed on 10 January 2022.
1 2 3 Species Elaphe cantoris at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Orthriophis cantoris, p. 47).
1 2 3 Das I (2002). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Elaphe cantoris, p. 31).

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 cantoris, new species, p. 35).
Chen X, Lemmon AR, Lemmon EM, Pyron RA, Burbrink FT (2017). "Using phylogenomics to understand the link between biogeographic origins and regional diversification in ratsnakes". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution111: 206–218. (Elaphe cantoris).
Helfenberger, Notker; Shah, Karan B.; Orlov, Nicolai L.; Guex, Gaston-Denis (2000). "Eine seltene Natter aus Nepal, Elaphe cantoris (Boulenger, 1894) (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae) ". Sauria22 (2): 3–10. (in German).
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 cantoris, new combination, pp. 152–153).
Wallach V (1997). "A monograph of the colubrid snakes of the genus Elaphe Fitzinger (book review)". Herpetological Review28 (2): 110. (Gonyosoma cantoris, new combination).

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[iucn-1] 1 2 Tshewang S, Ghosh A, Wogan G (2021). "Elaphe cantoris ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T192117A2042341.en. Accessed on 10 January 2022.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 Species Elaphe cantoris at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

[3] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Orthriophis cantoris, p. 47).

[Das-4] 1 2 3 Das I (2002). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Elaphe cantoris, p. 31).

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