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Elaphe hodgsoni (GÜNTHER, 1860)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: English common name not available
G: Hodgsons Kletternatter
Chinese: 南峰锦蛇 
SynonymSpilotes hodgsonii GÜNTHER 1860: 156
Compsosoma hodgsonii — GÜNTHER 1864: 246
Compsosoma hodgsoni — STOLICZKA 1870: 189
Coluber hodgsoni — BOULENGER 1890: 332
Coluber hodgsonii — BOULENGER 1894: 35
Elaphe hodgsoni SHAW 1939
Elaphe hodgsoni — SMITH 1943: 152
Elaphe hodgsoni — DAS 1996: 56
Elaphe hodgsoni — SCHULZ 1996: 141
Gonyosoma hodgsoni — WALLACH 1997
Elaphe hodgsoni — VOGEL 2002 (pers. comm.)
Orthriophis hodgsonii — UTIGER et al. 2002
Elaphe hodgsoni — SHARMA 2004
Elaphe hodgsonii — ZHAO 2006
Martinekea hodgsoni — HOSER 2012 (preliminary)
Ortriophis hodgsoni — KÄSTLE et al. 2013: 515 (in error)
Orthriophis hodgsonii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 512
Orthriophis hodgsoni — FELDMAN et al. 2015
Elaphe hodgsoni — CHEN et al. 2017
Orthriophis hodgsonni — NEPALI & SINGH 2019 (in error)
Orthriophis hodgsonni — NEPALI & SINGH 2022 (in error) 
DistributionNepal, India (Sikkim, Assam, Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir),
China (Xizang = Tibet), elevation 1500-5000 m

Type locality: China: Ladakh (Günther, 1860); Tibet: Ladakh, Tsomoriri (Boulenger 1894)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: BMNH 1946.1.6.15 
Diagnosis 
CommentDistribution: Possibly in Bhutan (Lenz 2012).

Habitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
EtymologyNamed after Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800-1894) who worked for the East India Company and was primarily interested in birds. 
References
  • Anderson, J. 1872. On some Persian, Himalayan, and other Reptiles. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1872: 371-404 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, George A. 1894. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London, xi, 382 pp. - get paper here
  • Chen, X., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M., Alexander Pyron, R., Burbrink, F.T. 2017. Using phylogenomics to understand the link between biogeographic origins and regional diversification in ratsnakes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution - get paper here
  • Gautam, Bivek; Mukesh Kumar Chalise, Kul Bahadur Thapa, and Santosh Bhattarai 2020. Distributional patterns of amphibians and reptiles in Ghandruk, Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 27 (1): 18–28 - get paper here
  • Günther, A. 1860. Contributions to a knowledge of the reptiles of the Himalaya mountains. - I. Descriptions of the new species. II. List of Himalayan reptiles, with remarks on their horizontal distribution. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1860: 148-175 - get paper here
  • Günther, A. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. London (Taylor & Francis), xxvii + 452 pp. - get paper here
  • Harrington, Sean M; Jordyn M de Haan, Lindsey Shapiro, Sara Ruane 2018. Habits and characteristics of arboreal snakes worldwide: arboreality constrains body size but does not affect lineage diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 125 (1): 61–71 - get paper here
  • Hoser, R. 2012. A taxonomic revision of the Colubrinae genera Zamenis and Orthriophis with the creation of two new genera (Serpentes: Colubridae). Australasian J. Herpetol. 11: 59-64 - get paper here
  • Kästle , W., Rai, K. & Schleich, H.H. 2013. FIELD GUIDE to Amphibians and Reptiles of Nepal. ARCO-Nepal e.V., 625 pp. - get paper here
  • Kramer, E. 1977. Zur Schlangenfauna Nepals. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 84 (3): 721-761. - get paper here
  • Lenz, Norbert 2012. Von Schmetterlingen und Donnerdrachen - Natur und Kultur in Bhutan. Karlsruher Naturhefte 4, Naturkundemuseum Karlsruhe, 124 pp.
  • Nanhoe, L.M.R., & Ouboter, P.E. 1987. The distribution of reptiles and amphibians in the Annapurna-Dhaulagiri region (Nepal). Zoologische Verhandelingen (240): 1-105 - get paper here
  • Nepali, P. B., & Singh, N. B. 2022. Species diversity of reptiles in Palpa District, Nepal. Nepalese Journal of Zoology, 6(S1), 20–25 - get paper here
  • Nepali, Pit Bahadur & Nanda Bahadur Singh 2019. Documentation of Snakes Species Richness in Palpa, Nepal. International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology 4 (11): 599-604 - get paper here
  • Qi, S., Shi, J. S., Ma, Y. B., Gao, Y. F., Bu, S. H., Grismer, L. L., Li, P.P. & Wang, Y. Y. 2021. A sheep in wolf's clothing: Elaphe xiphodonta sp. nov.(Squamata, Colubridae) and its possible mimicry to Protobothrops jerdonii. ZooKeys 1048: 23-47 - get paper here
  • Sahi D.N., Koul S. 2020. Annotated List of Amphibians and Reptiles of Jammu and Kashmir State. In: Dar G. & Khuroo A. (eds) Biodiversity of the Himalaya: Jammu and Kashmir State. Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation, vol 18. Springer, Singapore - get paper here
  • Saikia, U.; Sharma, D.K. & Sharma, R.M. 2007. Checklist of the Reptilian fauna of Himachal Pradesh, India. Reptile Rap (8): 6-9 - get paper here
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  • Schulz, Klaus-Dieter 1990. Literature: Die hinterasiatischen Kletternattern der Gattung Elaphe. Teil 6: Elaphe hodgsoni (Gunther, 1860). Litteratura Serpentium 10 (6): 269-270 - get paper here
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  • Wallach, V. 1997. Book review: A monograph of the colubrid snakes of the genus Elaphe Fitzinger. Herpetological Review 28 (2): 110 - get paper here
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