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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Amur Ratsnakes, Siberian Ratsnake
G: Amurnatter
Russian: Амурский полоз
Chinese: 棕黑锦蛇 
SynonymElaphis Schrencki STRAUCH 1873
Coluber schrenkii — BOULENGER 1894: 48
Coluber virgatus BOETTGER 1898: 51 (fide STEJNEGER 1907)
Elaphe schrenckii — STEJNEGER 1907: 313
Elaphe schrenckii schrenckii POPE 1935
Elaphe schrencki — SCHULZ 1996: 235
Elaphe schrenckii — UTIGER et al. 2002
Elaphe schrenki — BURBRINK & LAWSON 2007 (in error)
Elaphe shrenki — BURBRINK & LAWSON 2007 (in error)
Elaphe schrenckii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 263
Elaphe schrenckii — MACIAS et al. 2021 
DistributionRussia (Amur River Basin of Siberia, Primorskiy Territory),
Korea, N/C China (Jehol, Hopei, Shansi), E Mongolia

Type locality: Russia: Hinggan Mountains, Strauch, 1873  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: ZISP (ZIL) 3706 (orig. 415), a 1950 mm specimen (L. von Schrenck, 1856), designated by Maki, 1931a: 101. 
Diagnosis 
CommentHybridization: Elaphe schrenckii may interbreed with Elaphe climacophora and produce fertile offspring, which appears to resemble Elaphe taeniura (Claudia Holzhammer, pers. comm). Treu (2008) reports hybridization between E. schrenckii and Zamenis longissimus although it is not known whether the offspring is fertile.

Elaphe schrenckii anomala BOULENGER 1916 has been elevated to valid species status.

Habitat: semi-arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
EtymologyNamed after Leopold von Schrenck (1826-1894), Russian Naturalist. 
References
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