Radiated ratsnake explained

Coelognathus radiatus, commonly known as the radiated ratsnake, copperhead rat snake, or copper-headed trinket snake, is a nonvenomous^[1] species of colubrid snake.

Temperament

These snakes are usually defensive in nature which makes it hard to catch or control them.

Common names

• German: Strahlennatter
• English:
  • Copperhead racer
  • Copperhead rat snake
  • Radiated rat snake
  • Copper-headed trinket snake
• Thai: งูทางมะพร้าว, ngu taang mapao
• Myanmar: ငန်းစောင်း
• Laos:ງູສາ
• Malay: Ular Rusuk Kerbau
• Bengali (Bangladesh): দুধরাজ (Dudhraj), আরবালি সাপ (Arbali sap)

Distribution

• Indonesia (Sumatra, Bangka, Borneo/Kalimantan, Java), Bali
• Malaysia and Brunei (Malaya and East Malaysia); Borneo,
• Singapore Island,
• Burma (Myanmar),
• Thailand (including Phuket), Koh Phangan
• Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam,
• Japan (Ryukyu Islands),
• India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh (Miao - Changlang district, Chessa, Chimpu, Itanagar - Papum Pare district) [A. Captain, pers. comm.]),
• Bangladesh, Nepal,
• South China (Fujian, Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hong Kong),
• Nepal^[2]

Type locality: Java^[3]

Sources

• Barbour, Thomas (1912). Some Chinese Vertebrates: Amphibia and Reptilia. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative. Zoölogy 40 (4): 125-136
• Cantor, T. E. (1839). Spicilegium serpentium indicorum [part 1]. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1839: 31-34
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• Cox, Merel J.; Van Dijk, Peter Paul; Jarujin Nabhitabhata & Thirakhupt, Kumthorn (1998). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Ralph Curtis Publishing, 144 pp.
• David, P. & Vogel, G. (1996). The snakes of Sumatra. An annotated checklist and key with natural history notes. Bücher Kreth, Frankfurt/M.
• Duméril, ANDRÉ MARIE CONSTANT (1853). Prodrome de la classification des reptiles ophidiens. Mém. Acad. Sci., Paris, 23: 399-536
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• Helfenberger, Notker (2001). Phylogenetic relationship of Old World Ratsnakes based on visceral organ topography, osteology, and allozyme variation. Russ. J. Herpetol. (Suppl.), 56 pp.
• Schmidt, D. (1983). Die Strahlennatter, Elaphe radiata (Schlegel). Elaphe 1983 (3): 33-36
• Schulz, Klaus-Dieter (1996). A monograph of the colubrid snakes of the genus Elaphe Fitzinger. Koeltz Scientific Books, 439 pp.
• 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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Coelognathus radiatus (Boie, 1827). June 10, 2019. India Biodiversity Portal.
2. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Coelognathus&species=radiatus&search_param=%28%28genus%3D%27Coelognathus%27%2Cexact%29%29 Coelognathus radiatus (Boie, 1827)
3. Boie, F. (1827). Bemerkungen über Merrem's Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien, 1. Lieferung: Ophidier. Isis van Oken, Jena, 20: 508-566