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Basic information
Elaphe quatuorlineata
Four-lined snake (or ratsnake)
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderAmphisbaenians
FamilyColubrid Snakes
GenusNorthern Ratsnakes
- Czech name
- Užovka pardálí
- English name
- Four-lined snake (or ratsnake)
- Alternative names
- Cervone, Četveroprugi kravosas, East-Four-lined Ratsnake, Eastern Four-lined Ratsnake, Four lined snake, Four-lined Ratsnake, Four-lined Snake, Östliche Vierstreifennatter, Vierstreepslang, Vierstreifennatter
- Synonyms
- Coluber alpestris, Coluber nauii, Coluber pictus, Coluber poecilocephalus, Coluber quadristriatus, Coluber quaterradiatus, Coluber quatuor-lineatus, Coluber quatuorlineatus, Elaphe quatuorlineata muenteri, Elaphe quatuorlineata preamatura, Elaphe quatuorlineata rechingeri, Elaphis cervone, Elaphis sauromates var. graeca, Elaphis sauromates var. munteri
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Coastal, Forest, Shrubland, Wetland
- Microhabitat
- Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 2,000 mm
- SVL
- ~1,399 mm
- Body mass
- max 681.3 g
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 5.2 years
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Foraging mode
- Active
Reproduction and development
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 3–18 individuals
- Clutches per year
- 1–1 × per year
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 6DZBH · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 13654 · dryad-v5