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Basic information
Elaphe carinata
Taiwan Stink Snake
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderAmphisbaenians
FamilyColubrid Snakes
GenusNorthern Ratsnakes
- Czech name
- Užovka královská
- English name
- Taiwan Stink Snake
- Alternative names
- Gekielte Kletternatter, Keeled Rat Snake, King Ratsnake, 王锦蛇
- Synonyms
- Coluber camillo-schneideri, Coluber phyllophis, Elaphe carinata deqenensis, Elaphe carinata deqinensis, Elaphe osborni, Phyllophis carinata, Spaniopholis kreyenbergi, Spaniopholis souliei
Distribution and environment
- Microhabitat
- Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 2,500 mm
- Body mass
- max 1,023.3 g
- Offspring total length
- max 345 mm
Biological characteristics
- Activity
- Cathemeral
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Foraging mode
- Active
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 4–5 years
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 4–20 individuals
- Clutches per year
- 1–1 × per year
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 38YKN · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 13649 · dryad-v5