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Elaphe anomala (BOULENGER, 1916)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesChinese: 赤峰锦蛇 
SynonymColuber anomalus BOULENGER 1916: 243
Elaphe schrenckii anomala POPE 1935
Elaphe schrenki [sic] besenbruchi MÜLLER 1923
Elaphe maculata MA & ZONG 1984
Elaphe schrencki anomala — SCHULZ 1996: 237
Elaphe anomala — HELFENBERGEWR 2001
Elaphe anomala — UTIGER et al. 2002
Elaphe anomala — TREU 2008
Elaphe anomala — WALLACH et al. 2014: 261 
DistributionChina, Inner Mongolia

Type locality: “Chihfeng (= Chifeng Shi), NE Chihli Province, now part of Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia).

“from Shansi, Shantung [= Shandong], Hopei, Jehol and part of Korea” (POPE 1935).

maculata: China (Jiangsu); Type locality: Dafeng, Jiangsu, China.

besenbruchi: China (Shangtung); Type locality: “Tsingtau (Prov. Shangtung), China”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesType: BMNH 1946.1.13.1 (and possibly additional specimens).
Holotype: ZSM 533/1911 (erroneously given as 553/1911 in the original description), subadult male, collected by Besenbruch, 1910 [besenbruchi] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1445 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy: partly after Zhao & Adler (1993). 
References
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