Elaphe

Common names: corn snakes, fox snakes, rat snakes, ratsnakes.
Elaphe is a genus of non-venomous colubrid snakes found in Asia, Europe, North and Central America. All are powerful constrictors and help control rodent populations. Eleven species are currently recognized within North and Central America.

American Species

*) Not including the nominate subspecies.

Taxonomy

Utiger et al. (2002) argued that North American Rat Snakes of the genus Elaphe are a monophyletic group and thus separate from Old World members of the genus. They therefore resurrected the available name Pantherophis Fitzinger for all North American taxa (north of Mexico).

Crother et al. (2003) rejected the taxonomic change to Pantherophis, preferring to retain the current concept of Elaphe pending further review.

Translation

The word "Elaphe" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Slovak.

Translation(s) in other languages: Georgian: მცოცავ-მცურავი, Lithuanian: Žiurkinės gyvatės, Japanese: ナメラ属, Russian: Лазающие полозы, Chinese: 錦蛇屬.