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Basic information
Elaphe bimaculata
Chinese Leopard Snake
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderAmphisbaenians
FamilyColubrid Snakes
GenusNorthern Ratsnakes
- Czech name
- Užovka dvojskvrnná
- English name
- Chinese Leopard Snake
- Alternative names
- Chinesische Leopardnatter od. Zweifleckennatter, Twin-spotted Ratsnake, 双斑锦蛇
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Shrubland
- Microhabitat
- Fossorial, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 920 mm
- SVL
- max 760 mm
- Body mass
- max 66.5 g
- Offspring total length
- max 260 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 15 years
- Activity
- Cathemeral
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Foraging mode
- Active
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 2–3 years
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 4–11 individuals
- Clutches per year
- 1–1 × per year
- Egg length
- ~84 mm
- Egg width
- ~20 mm
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 38YKL · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 13648 · dryad-v5