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    Species Accepted

    Elaphe schrenckii Strauch, 1873

    Amur Ratsnake
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Elaphe
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 5 countries or islands

      5 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      nullNoUnknown
      nullNoUnknown
      BelgiumNo
      BelgiumNoUnknown
      South AfricaNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      22 results
      Amur Ratsnake English
      Amur Ratsnakes English
      Amurnatter German
      Cobra-rateira-siberiana Portuguese
      Colubro dell'Amur Italian
      Colubro di Schrenk Italian
      Couleuvre de l'Amour French
      De Russische rattenslang of Amoer-rattenslang Dutch
      Manchurian Black Ratsnake English
      Manchurian Water Snake English

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      53 results
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      REIFF, G. (2013). Zum Schlupf albinotischer Jungtiere bei Amurnattern, Elaphe schrenckii Strauch, 1873. Sauria 35 (3): 61-62.
      Utiger, Urs, Notker Helfenberger, Beat Schätti, Catherine Schmidt, & Markus Ruf and Vincent Ziswiler. (2002). Molecular systematics and phylogeny of Old World and New World ratsnakes, Elaphe Auct., and related genera (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 9 (2): 105-124.
      Wang, Kai; Jinlong Ren, Hongman Chen, Zhitong Lyu, Xianguang Guo Ke Jiang, Jinmin Chen, Jiatang Li, Peng Guo, Yingyong Wang, Jing Che. (2020). The updated checklists of amphibians and reptiles of China. Biodiversity Science 28 (2): 189-218.
      Boettger, O. (1898). Katalog der Reptilien-Sammlung im Museum der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt/M. 2.Teil (Schlangen). [type catalogue]. Frankfurt/M (Gebr. Knauer), I-Ix + 1-160.
      Kharin V E. (2011). Annotated catalogue of amphibians and reptiles (Amphibia, Reptilia) of the Far-Eastern Marine Biosphere FEB RAS [in Russian]. Biodiversity and Environment of Far East Reserves, Vladivostok, DVMBGPZ DVO RAN 2011 (1): 30-48.
      Ananjeva, NB, Orlov NL; Khalikov RG; Darevsky IS; Ryabov IS & Barabanov AV. (2006). The Reptiles of North Eurasia. Taxonomic Diversity, Distribution, Conservation Status [this comprises the territory of the former Soviet Union and Mongolia]. Pensoft Series Faunistica 47, 250 Pp.
      Strauch, A. (1873). Die Schlangen des Russischen Reichs, in systematischer und zoogeographischer Beziehung. Mém Acad. Sci. Pétersbourg (7) 11 (4): 1-288.
      Helfenberger, & Notker. (2001). Phylogenetic relationship of Old World Ratsnakes based on visceral organ topography, osteology, and allozyme variation. Russ. J. Herpetol. (Suppl.): 1-56.
      Zhu, Z., Yang, X., Kang, W., Cai, C., & Zhou, Q. (2025). Chromosome-level genome assembly and annotation of the Amur rat snake Elaphe schrenckii. Genome Biology and Evolution, Evaf086.

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