Radiated ratsnake

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Radiated ratsnake
Coelognathus radiatus.jpg
C. radiatus in threat display
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Coelognathus
Species:
C. radiatus
Binomial name
Coelognathus radiatus
(F. Boie, 1827) [1]
Synonyms
  • Coluber radiatus BOIE 1827
  • Coluber radiatus SCHLEGEL 1837: 135
  • Coluber quadrifasciatus CANTOR 1839
  • Tropidonotus quinque CANTOR 1839
  • Coelognathus radiata FITZINGER 1843
  • Elaphis radiatus DUMÉRIL 1853
  • Plagiodon radiata DUMÉRIL 1853
  • Compsosoma radiatum DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 292
  • Elaphis (Compsosoma) radiatum BLEEKER 1857
  • Spilotes radiatus GÜNTHER 1858
  • Elaphis radiatus JAN 1863
  • Coluber radiatus BOULENGER 1894: 61
  • Coluber (Compsosoma) radiatus MÜLLER 1895: 203
  • Coluber radiatus WALL 1908: 327
  • Elaphe radiata BARBOUR 1912
  • Elaphe radiata POPE 1929
  • Coelognathus radiatus COCHRAN 1930
  • Elaphe radiata SMITH 1943
  • Elaphe radiata SCHULZ 1996: 219
  • Elaphe radiata MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 344
  • Elaphe radiata COX et al. 1998: 51
  • Elaphe radiata LAZELL et al. 1999
  • Elaphe radiata CHAN-ARD et al. 1999: 166
  • Coelognathus radiatus GUMPRECHT 2000
  • Coelognathus radiatus UTIGER et al. 2002
  • Elaphe radiata ZIEGLER 2002: 231
  • Coelognathus radiatus WINCHELL 2003
  • Coelognathus radiatus GUMPRECHT 2003
  • Elaphe radiata PAUWELS et al. 2003
  • Coelognathus radiata ZIEGLER et al. 2007
  • Elaphe radiatus MURTHY 2010

Coelognathus radiatus, commonly known as the radiated ratsnake, copperhead rat snake, or copper-headed trinket snake, is a nonvenomous [2] [3] species of colubrid snake.

Contents

Temperament

These snakes are usually defensive in nature which makes it hard to catch or control them. [4] [5]

Common names

Distribution

Type locality: Java [7]

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