Elaphe porphyracea este o specie de șerpi din genul Elaphe, familia Colubridae, descrisă de Cantor 1839.
Subspecii
Această specie cuprinde următoarele subspecii:
E. p. porphyracea E. p. coxi E. p. laticincta E. p. nigrofasciata E. p. hainana E. p. kawakamii E. p. pulchra E. p. vaillanti
Referințe
Cantor, T. E. (1839) Spicilegium serpentium indicorum [parts 1 and 2]., Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 7: 31-34, 49-55. TIGR Reptile Database . Uetz P. , 2007-10-02 Boulenger, George A. (1890) The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia., Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp. Gray, J. E. (1853) Descriptions of some undescribed species of reptiles collected by Dr. Joseph Hooker in the Khassia Mountains, East Bengal, and Sikkim Himalaya., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (2) 12: 386 - 392 Utiger, U.; Schatti, B. & Helfenberger, N. (2005) The oriental colubrine genus Coelognathus FITZINGER, 1843 and classification of old and new world racers and ratsnakes (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae, Colubrinae)., Russ. J. Herpetol. 12 (1): 39-60 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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