Pere David's Rat Snake articles - Encyclopedia of Life

Distribution

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Continent: Asia
Distribution: NE China (southward to Hebei and Shanxi, Beijing, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shandong, Shanxi), N Korea
Type locality: China (Sauvage, 1884)

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Elaphe davidi

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Elaphe davidi, Pere David's rat snake, 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

E. davidi is oviparous.^[1]

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).

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