Elaphe helena

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Trinket Snake
Trinket Snake from North Bengal, India
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Colubridae Genus: Elaphe Species: helena
Binomial name
Elaphe helena (Daudin, 1803)

Trinket Snake Elaphe helena is a species of snake. Distribution: Sri Lanka, India (Maharashtra (Pune (=Poona) district)), Pakistan (Sind) ?, Nepal, Bangladesh Type locality: India: Vishakhapatnam (Daudin, 1803).

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Sideview of Trinket snake head

Pattern on first half of body

Pattern on second half of body

[edit] References

• Boulenger, George A. 1894 Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London, xi, 382 pp.
• Daudin, F. M. 1803 Histoire Naturelle Generale et Particuliere des Reptiles. Vol. 6. F. Dufart, Paris.
• Helfenberger, Notker 2001 Phylogenetic relationship of Old World Ratsnakes based on visceral organ topography, osteology, and allozyme variation. Russ. J. Herpetol. (Suppl.), 56 pp.
• Kornacker, P. 1986 Die indische Schmucknatter. Herpetofauna 8 (44): 10
• Kornacker, P. 1988 Bemerkungen zur Biologie, Haltung Zucht von Elaphe helena (Daudin 1802). Herpetofauna 10 (57): 27-33
• Mehta, R.S. 2003 Prey-handling behavior of hatchling Elaphe helena (Colubridae). Herpetologica 59 (4): 469-474
• Niehaus, Guido;Schulz, Klaus-Dieter 1987 Die hinterasiatischen Kletternattern der Gattung Elaphe. Teil XI Elaphe helena (Daudin, 1803). Sauria 9 (4): 3-7
• Schulz, K. D. 1996 Eine Monographie der Schlangengattung Elaphe Fitzinger. Bushmaster, Berg (CH): 1-460
• Schulz, Klaus-Dieter 1996 A monograph of the colubrid snakes of the genus Elaphe Fitzinger. Koeltz Scientific Books, 439 pp.
• Utiger, Urs, Notker Helfenberger, Beat Schätti, Catherine Schmidt, Markus Ruf and Vincent Ziswiler 2002 Molecular systematics and phylogeny of Old World and New World ratsnakes, Elaphe Auct., and related genera (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 9 (2): 105-124.

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• EMBL reptile database
• Images: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]