ADW: Elaphe: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Class Reptilia
        
        Order Squamata
        
        Family Colubridae
        
        Genus Elaphe
        
        Species Elaphe bella
        
        Species Elaphe bimaculata (Chinese Leopard Snake)
        
        Species Elaphe carinata (Taiwan Stink Snake)
        
        Species Elaphe climacophora
        
        Species Elaphe conspicillata (Japanese Woodsnake, Burrowing Ratsnake)
        
        Species Elaphe davidi (Pere David's Rat Snake)
        
        Species Elaphe dione (Steppes Ratsnakes)
        
        Species Elaphe erythrura (Reddish Rat Snake)
        
        Species Elaphe flavolineata (Black Copper Rat Snake, Yellow striped Snake)
        
        Species Elaphe helena (Trinket Snake)
        
        Species Elaphe hohenackeri (Transcaucasian Rat Snake)
        
        Species Elaphe leonardi (Burmese Rat Snake)
        
        Species Elaphe lineata
        
        Species Elaphe longissima (Aesculapean Snake)
        
        Species Elaphe maculata
        
        Species Elaphe mandarina (Mandarin Ratsnakes)
        
        Species Elaphe perlacea (Szechwan Rat Snake, Pearl-banded Rat Snake)
        
        Species Elaphe persica (Persian Rat Snake)
        
        Species Elaphe porphyracea (Black-banded Trinket Snake, Red Bamboo Snake)
        
        Species Elaphe quadrivirgata (Japanese Four-lined Ratsnake)
        
        Species Elaphe quadrolineata
        
        Species Elaphe quatuorlineata (Four-lined Ratsnake)
        
        Species Elaphe radiata (Radiated Ratsnakes, Coppehead Rat Snake)
        
        Species Elaphe rufodorsata (Frog-eating Rat Snake)
        
        Species Elaphe sauromates (East-Four-lined Ratsnake)
        
        Species Elaphe schrenckii (Amur Ratsnakes, Siberian Ratsnake)
        
        Species Elaphe situla (Leopard Snakes, European Ratsnake)
        
        Species Elaphe slowinskii
        
        Species Elaphe subradiata (Sunda Rat Snake)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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