Orthriophis
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Orthriophis is a genus of four ratsnakes that were formerly assigned to Elaphe
. Based on DNA evidence Utiger et al. elected to create this genus in 2002. The name derives from the Greek orthros for dawn and ophis for snake, referring to the snakes high level of activity in the early morning.
Species include:
Elaphe
Elaphe is one of the main genera of the rat snakes, which are found in many regions of the northern hemisphere. Elaphe are medium to large constrictors by nature....
. Based on DNA evidence Utiger et al. elected to create this genus in 2002. The name derives from the Greek orthros for dawn and ophis for snake, referring to the snakes high level of activity in the early morning.
Species include:
- Cantor's Ratsnake, Orthriophis cantoris (BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1894) - Hodgson's Ratsnake, Orthriophis hodgsoni (Günther, 1860)
- 100 Flower Ratsnake, Orthriophis moellendorffi (BoettgerOskar BoettgerOskar Boettger was a German zoologist who was a native of Frankfurt am Main. He was an uncle of the noted malacologist Caesar Rudolf Boettger ....
, 1886) - Beauty Snake, Orthriophis taeniurus (CopeEdward Drinker CopeEdward Drinker Cope was an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist, as well as a noted herpetologist and ichthyologist. Born to a wealthy Quaker family, Cope distinguished himself as a child prodigy interested in science; he published his first scientific paper at the age of nineteen...
, 1861)