| Elaphe davidi | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Elaphe |
| Species: | E. davidi |
| Binomial name | |
| Elaphe davidi (Sauvage, 1884) | |
| Synonyms | |
Elaphe davidi, also known commonly as Pere David's rat snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to East Asia.
Etymology
The specific name, davidi, is in honor of Armand David, who was a French zoologist and priest.
Geographic range
E. davidi is found mainly in China, and its presence in North Korea is considered uncertain.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of E. davidi are forest and grassland, at altitudes of 100–900 m (330–2,950 ft), but it has also been found in agricultural areas such as orchards.
Diet
E. davidi preys upon frogs, lizards, and snakes. Captive specimens have also eaten mice.
Reproduction
E. davidi is oviparous. Eggs are laid in August, and clutch size is 7–8.
References
- ^ Borzee, A. (2024). "Elaphe davidi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T191939A212882957.
- ^ Species Elaphe davidi at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Elaphe davidi, p. 203).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I–XX. (Coluber davidi, p. 56).
- Pope CH (1935). The Reptiles of China: Turtles, Crocodilians, Snakes, Lizards. (Volume X of the Natural History of Central Asia series, edited by Chester A. Reeds). New York: American Museum of Natural History. lii + 604 pp., 28 figures, Plates I–XXVII. (Elaphe davidi, pp. 238–240, Figure 52).
- Sauvage H-E (1884). "Sur quelques Reptiles de la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle". Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris, Septième Série 18 : 142–147. (Tropidonotus davidi, new species, p. 144). (in French).
- Szyndlar, Zbigniew (1985). "Occurrence of Elaphe davidi (Sauvage, 1884) (Serpentes: Colubridae) in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea". The Snake 17 (2): 163–167.
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