Euprepiophis perlaceus

Euprepiophis perlaceus
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Euprepiophis
Species:	E. perlaceus
Binomial name
Euprepiophis perlaceus (Stejneger, 1929)
Synonyms [2]
Elaphe perlaceaStejneger, 1929

Geographic distribution of Euprepiophis perlacea (Native: China (Sichuan))

Euprepiophis perlaceus, also known as Sichuan rat snake or pearl-banded rat snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae snake. It is endemic to western Sichuan Province in China. ^{[1] [2]} This snake is designated as Endangered by the IUCN Red List. ^[1] It is found in the Palearctic.

It is one of three species of Asian rat snakes which were formerly assigned to the genus Elaphe . They were separated from Elaphe in 2002 by Utiger et al. following evidence from DNA analysis. It is a true rat snake but it is not as closely related to other northern-hemisphere rat snakes as its former place in Elaphe would suggest. ^[3]

References

1. Zhou, Z.; Guo, P.; Jiang, J. (2012). "Euprepiophis perlacea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T192132A2044734. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192132A2044734.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Euprepiophis perlaceus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 June 2019.
3. Utiger, Urs; Helfenberger, Notker; Schätti, Beat; Schmidt, Catherine J.; Ruf, Markus & Ziswiler, Vincent (2002). "Molecular systematics and phylogeny of Old and New World ratsnakes, Elaphe Auct., and related genera (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae)" (PDF). Russian Journal of Herpetology. 9 (2): 105–124. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16.