- Elaphe conspicillata
Taxobox
name = Japanese Forest Ratsnake
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo =Squamata
familia =Colubridae
genus = "Elaphe "
species = "E. conspicillata"
binomial = "Elaphe conspicillata"
binomial_authority = Boie, 1826The Japanese forest ratsnake ("Elaphe conspicillata") reaches 70 to 100 centimeters in length. Its Japanese name "jimuguri" means "burrowing".
It is native to
Japan . In the wild it is timid and stays out of sight. Most of the year it remains underground and inactive. It mates in spring and the female lays eggs during the summer.External links
* [http://www.ratsnakes.com/Econspicillata.html Info Page]
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