Elaphe mandarina este o specie de șerpi din genul Elaphe, familia Colubridae, descrisă de Theodore Edward Cantor în anul 1842. A fost clasificată de IUCN ca specie cu risc scăzut. Conform Catalogue of Life specia Elaphe mandarina nu are subspecii cunoscute.
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Cantor,T. (1842) General features of Chusan, with remarks on the flora and fauna of that island [part 1]., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) 9: 265-278 TIGR Reptile Database . Uetz P. , 2007-10-02
Annandale, NELSON (1912) Zoological results of the Abor Expedition, 1911-1912., Rec. Indian Mus., Calcutta, 8 (1): 7-59 [Reptilia, pages 37-59] (supplement in same journal, 8 (4): 357-358, 1914). Takahashi,S. (1930) Synopsis of the terrestrial snakes of Japan [in Japanese]., Shunyo-do, Tokyo. 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.
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