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Basic information
Euprepiophis mandarinus
Mandarin Ratsnakes
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderSquamates
FamilyColubrids
GenusRat snakes
- Czech name
- Užovka mandarínská
- English name
- Mandarin Ratsnakes
- Alternative names
- Mandarin Ratsnake, Mandarin Trinket Snake, Mandarinnatter, 玉斑锦蛇
- Synonyms
- Ablabes pavo, Coluber mandarinus, Elaphe takasago, Holarchus roulei
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest, Grassland, Shrubland
- Microhabitat
- Fossorial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 1,740 mm
- Body mass
- max 478.4 g
- Offspring total length
- max 280 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 15 years
- Activity
- Cathemeral
- Foraging mode
- Active
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 3–4 years
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 5–20 individuals
- Clutches per year
- 1–2 × per year
- Egg length
- ~40 mm
- Egg width
- ~17 mm
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 6HDXF · COL26.9
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 13994 · dryad-v5