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    Species Accepted

    Elaphe quadrivirgata (Boie, 1826)

    Japanese Four-lined Ratsnake

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      11 results
      Cobra-rateira-de-quatro-listras-japonesa Portuguese
      Japanese Four-lined Ratsnake English
      Japanische Vierstreifennatter German
      Japansk Firstribet Rottesnog Danish
      połoz pasiasty Polish
      Малочешуйчатый лазающий полоз Russian
      Малочешуйчатый полоз Russian
      јапанска пругаста змија Serbian
      シマヘビ Japanese
      日本條紋錦蛇 Chinese

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      43 results
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      Suzuki, Dai and Yoshiko Yamane. (2015). Elaphe quadrivirgata (Japanese four-lined ratsnake) diet. Herpetological Review 46 (2): 273.
      Jan, G. (1867). Iconographie générale des ophidiens. 24. Livraison. J.B. Bailière et Fils, Paris.
      Alexander, Donald R.;Diener, Richard A. (1958). A collection of amphibians and reptiles from Japan. Copeia 1958 (3): 218-219.
      Maki, M. (1931). Monograph of the Snakes of Japan. Dai-Ichi Shobo, Tokyo. (1), 7, 240 Pages (Expanded Edition 1933).
      Mori, M. (1982). Japans Schlangen, Vols. 1-3 (80, 102, 123 pp.). Tokyo (Igaku-Shoin Ltd.) [Bilingual Edition in German and Japanese].
      Philpot, V.B., Jr. (1954). Neutralization of snake venom in vitro by serum from the nonvenomous Japanese snake Elaphe quadrivirgata. Herpetologica 10 (3): 158-160.
      Murakami A, Hasegawa M, Kuriyama T. (2017). Developmental mechanisms of longitudinal stripes in the Japanese four-lined snake. Journal of Morphology, DOI: 10.1002/Jmor.20750.
      Murakami, A., & Masami Hasegawa, a. T. K. (2014). Identification of Juvenile Color Morphs for Evaluating a Heredity Model of Stripe/Non-Stripe Pattern Polymorphism in the Japanese Four-Lined Snake Elaphe quadrivirgata. Current Herpetology Feb 2014, Vol. 33, No. 1: 68-74.
      Duméril, A.M.C., G. BIBRON & A.H.A. DUMÉRIL. (1854). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire Naturelle complète des Reptiles. Vol. 7 (partie 1). Paris, Xvi + 780 S.

      Citation

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