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Basic information
Elaphe quadrivirgata
Japanese Four-lined Ratsnake
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderSquamates
FamilyColubrids
GenusRat snakes
- Czech name
- Užovka čtyřpruhá
- English name
- Japanese Four-lined Ratsnake
- Alternative names
- Japanische Vierstreifennatter, Малочешуйчатый полоз
- Synonyms
- Coluber quadrivirgatus, Coluber virgatus, Coluber vulneratus, Elaphis bilineatus, Elaphis quadrivirgatus var. atra, Elaphis quadrivirgatus var. interrupta, Leptophidium dorsale
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest, Shrubland
- Microhabitat
- Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 2,400 mm
- SVL
- max 1,150 mm
- Body mass
- max 328.2 g
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 16.8 years
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Foraging mode
- Active
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 2–2 years
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 7–10 individuals
- Sex determination
- Genetic sex determination
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 38YM8 · COL26.9
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 13653 · dryad-v5