Elaphe davidi

Elaphe davidi is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to East Asia.

Elaphe davidi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Elaphe
Species:
E. davidi
Binomial name
Elaphe davidi
(Sauvage, 1884)
Synonyms[1]
  • Tropidonotus davidi
    Sauvage, 1884
  • Coluber davidi
    — Boulenger, 1894
  • Coluber halli
    Boulenger, 1914
  • Elaphe davidi
    — Mell, 1931

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
  1. Species Elaphe davidi at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 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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