Coelognathus

Coelognathus
Trinket Snake (Coelognathus helena)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Colubrinae
Genus:	Coelognathus

Indonesian Ratsnake (Coelognathus subradiatus) in Baucau District, East Timor

Coelognathus is a genus of five ratsnakes that were formerly assigned to Elaphe. Based on DNA evidence Utiger et al. elected to create this genus in 2002^[1].

Species include:

• Philippine ratsnake (Coelognathus erythrurus) Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
• Yellow-striped ratsnake (Coelognathus flavolineatus) Schlegel, 1837
• Trinket snake (Coelognathus helena) Daudin, 1803
• Copperhead ratsnake (Coelognathus radiata) Boie, 1827
• Indonesian Ratsnake (Coelognathus subradiatus) Schlegel, 1837

References

1. ^ [1] Molecular Systemics and Phylogeny of Old and New World Ratsnakes

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