
| Nome scentifico | Elaphe porphyracea (Cantor, 1839) |
| Nome comune | Red Mountain Ratsnake, Bamboo Ratsnake, Broad-banded Mountain Ratsnake, Black-banded Trinket Snake |
| Sottospecie | Elaphe porphyracea porphyracea (Cantor, 1839) Elaphe porphyracea coxi (Schulz & Helfenberger, 1998) Elaphe porphyracea kawakamii (Oshima, 1911) Elaphe porphyracea laticincta (Schulz & Helfenberger, 1998) Elaphe porphyracea nigrofasciata (Cantor, 1839) Elaphe porphyracea pulchra (Schmidt, 1925) Elaphe porphyracea vaillanti (Sauvage, 1876) |
| Dimensioni | tra 80 e 90 cm (fino a 120 cm) |
| Distribuzione | E. p. porphyracea: India; Darjeeling and Assam region; Northern Burma; Northwestern Thailand; China, far western Yunnan province and southeastern Tibet E. p. coxi: Northeast Thailand, Loei and Phuluang provinces. E. p. kawakamii: the island of Taiwan E. p. laticincta: Peninsula Malaysia and the island of Sumatra E. p. nigrofasciata: Only the type specimen exists and its exact point of origin is unknown. E. p. pulchra: Central China including the provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Guizhou, and Yunnan E. p. vaillanti: Eastern China including Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangsu, jiangxi, Zhejiang provinces and the island of Hainan; Northern Vietnam |
| Altre informazoni | L' Elaphe porphyracea è un piccolo serpente adatto all'allevatore esperto. L' Elaphe porphyracea preferisce prede piccole Molti esemplari mangiano solo topi rosa o fuzzy di topo molto piccoli. |



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