Copperhead racer (Coelognathus radiatus)

Species of Thailand

Copperhead racer

Coelognathus radiatus, Heinrich Boie, 1827

(In Thai: งูทางมะพร้าว, ngu taang mapao)

The radiated ratsnake, copperhead rat snake or copper-headed trinket snake (Coelognathus radiatus) is a nonvenomous species of colubrid snake.

Temperament

These snakes are generally very defensive. They are very confident in their ability to defend themselves so you must be very confident in order to remotely have a chance at controlling this species. They are also a good trainer snakes for those looking to get into cobras and other elapids.

Distribution

Indonesia (Sumatra, Bangka, Borneo/Kalimantan, Java),
Malaysia and Brunei (Malaya and East Malaysia); Borneo,
Singapore Island,
Burma (Myanmar),
Thailand (including Phuket),
Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam,
India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh (Miao - Changlang district, Chessa, Chimpu, Itanagar - Papum Pare district) Captain, pers. comm.),
Bangladesh, Nepal,
South China (Fujian, Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hong Kong),
Nepal

Type locality: Java

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Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Coelognathus
Species: Coelognathus radiatus

Common names

German: Strahlennatter
English:
- Copperhead racer
- Copperhead rat snake
- Radiated rat snake
- Copper-headed trinket snake
Thai: งูทางมะพร้าว, ngu taang mapao

Synonyms

Coelognathus radiatus, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
Elaphe radiatus, T.S.N. Murthy (2010)
Coelognathus radiata, Thomas Ziegler et al. (2007)
Coelognathus radiatus, Winchell (2003)
Elaphe radiata, Olivier S.G. Pauwels et al. (2003)
Coelognathus radiatus, Andreas Gumprecht (2003)
Elaphe radiata, Thomas Ziegler (2002)
Coelognathus radiatus, Urs Utiger et al. (2002)
Coelognathus radiatus, Andreas Gumprecht (2000)
Elaphe radiata, Tanya Chan-Ard et al. (1999)
Elaphe radiata, James Draper Lazell et al. (1999)
Elaphe radiata, Merel J. Cox et al. (1998)
Elaphe radiata, Ulrich Manthey & Wolfgang Grossmann (1997)
Elaphe radiata, Klaus-Dieter Schulz (1996)
Elaphe radiata, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1943)
Coelognathus radiatus, Doris Mable Cochran (1930)
Elaphe radiata, Clifford H. Pope (1929)
Elaphe radiata, Thomas Barbour (1912)
Coluber radiatus, Frank Wall (1908)
Coluber (Compsosoma) radiatus, Salomon Müller (1895)
Coluber radiatus, George Albert Boulenger (1894)
Compsosoma radiatum, Ferdinand Stoliczka (1870)
Elaphis radiatus, JAN (Multiple authors) (1863)
Spilotes radiatus, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1858)
Elaphis (Compsosoma) radiatum, Pieter Bleeker (1857)
Compsosoma radiatum, André Marie Constant Duméril & Gabriel Bibron (1854)
Plagiodon radiata, André Marie Constant Duméril (1853)
Elaphis radiatus, André Marie Constant Duméril (1853)
Coelognathus radiata, Leopold Fitzinger (1843)
Tropidonotus quinque, Theodore Edward Cantor (1839)
Coluber quadrifasciatus, Theodore Edward Cantor (1839)
Coluber radiatus, Hermann Schlegel (1837)
Coluber radiatus, Friedrich Boie (1827)

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