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Japanese Rat Snake

Elaphe climacophora

Class
Reptile
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Elaphe
Also known as
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Japanese Rat Snake research

18 published papers in the HerpAtlas library. Most cited below, or see the latest research →

Japanese Rat Snake natural history notes

Field and captive observations published in Herpetological Review's Natural History Notes. Each is a single observation, summarized by us, with a link to the original.

Diet

  • Yash Nagwekar, Sanjay P. Wasake, Sangram Kamble, Nikhil Mohite, Vikas Mane, and Aniket R. Puram · 2025 · Herpetological Review 56(1): 97–98 · Read the note

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