Elaphe davidi
| Elaphe davidi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Elaphe |
| Species: | E. davidi
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| Binomial name | |
| Elaphe davidi (Sauvage, 1884)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Elaphe davidi is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to East Asia.
Etymology[]
The specific name, davidi, is in honor of Armand David, who was a French zoologist and priest.[2]
Geographic range[]
E. davidi is found in China and North Korea.[1]
Reproduction[]
References[]
- ^ a b c Species Elaphe davidi 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. (Elaphe davidi, p. 203).
Further reading[]
- 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 davidi, p. 56).
- Pope CH (1935). The Reptiles of China: Turtles, Crocodilians, Snakes, Lizards. (Volume X of the Natural History of Central Asia series, edited by Chester A. Reeds). New York: American Museum of Natural History. lii + 604 pp., 28 figures, Plates I-XXVII. (Elaphe davidi, pp. 238–240, Figure 52).
- Sauvage H-E (1884). "Sur quelques Reptiles de la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle". Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris, Septième Série [Seventh Series] 18 : 142–147. (Tropidonotus davidi, new species, p. 144). (in French).
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