Japanese rat snake: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
Luckas-bot (talk | contribs) m r2.7.1) (Robot: Adding uk:Полоз островний |
Yinweiaiqing (talk | contribs) m Moving from Category:Reptiles of Japan to Category:Snakes of Japan using Cat-a-lot |
||
| (37 intermediate revisions by 33 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Short description|Species of snake}} |
|||
{{Taxobox |
|||
{{More footnotes|date=January 2021}} |
|||
{{Speciesbox |
|||
| image = Elaphe climacophora -Kyoto, Japan-8.jpg |
| image = Elaphe climacophora -Kyoto, Japan-8.jpg |
||
| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 |
|||
| image_caption=By a river in Kyoto, Japan |
|||
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Kidera, N. |author2=Ota, H. |date=2017 |title=''Elaphe climacophora'' |volume=2017 |page=e.T47755764A47755773 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T47755764A47755773.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref> |
|||
| name = Japanese Rat Snake |
|||
| |
| genus = Elaphe |
||
| |
| species = climacophora |
||
| |
| authority = ([[Heinrich Boie|Boie]], 1826) |
||
| ordo = [[Squamata]] |
|||
| subordo = [[Serpentes]] |
|||
| familia = [[Colubridae]] |
|||
| subfamilia = [[Colubrinae]] |
|||
| genus = ''[[Elaphe]]'' |
|||
| species = '''''E. climacophora''''' |
|||
| binomial = ''Elaphe climacophora'' |
|||
| binomial_authority = (Boie, 1826) |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
[[File:アオダイショウS-P8305010.jpg|thumb|240px|right|Japanese rat snake]] |
|||
| ⚫ | The '''Japanese |
||
[[File:Elaphe climacophora - Japanese rat snake - 2015 10 4.webm|thumb|Japanese rat snakes crawls into a pipe]] |
|||
| ⚫ | The '''Japanese rat snake''' ('''''Elaphe climacophora''''') is a medium-sized [[colubrid]] [[snake]] found throughout the [[Japanese archipelago]] (except the far South West) as well as on the Russian-administered [[Kunashir Island]].<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" /> In Japanese it is known as the ''aodaishō''<ref name=RDB/> or "blue general". It is non-venomous. It is hunted by [[eagle]]s and [[Japanese raccoon dog|tanukis]]. |
||
The snakes hibernate for three to four months, mate in spring and lay |
The snakes hibernate for three to four months, mate in spring and lay 7–20 eggs in early summer. |
||
==Description== |
==Description== |
||
[[ |
[[File:Elaphe climacophora head.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Head]] |
||
[[File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.ART.107 - Elaphe climacophora - Kawahara Keiga - 1823 - 1829 - Siebold Collection - pencil drawing - water colour.jpeg|thumb|left|''Elaphe climacophora'' by [[Kawahara Keiga]], 1823–1829]] |
|||
Adults reach |
Adults reach one to two meters in length and about five centimeters in girth. ''E. climacophora'' is the largest Japanese snake outside Okinawa. They are variable in color, ranging from pale yellow-green to dark blue-green. |
||
Juveniles have brown-stripe pattern that may be [[mimicry|mimesis]] of the venomous [[Gloydius blomhoffii|mamushi]]. An albino form is known, with specimens especially numerous near [[Iwakuni]], where they are called "Iwakuni white snakes" and revered as messengers of deities and deity-guardians of mountains and rivers. The albino population was protected in 1924 as a "national monument." |
|||
== |
==Feeding== |
||
Japanese rat snakes eat a variety of small animals: rodents, frogs or |
Japanese rat snakes eat a variety of small animals: rodents, frogs, lizards, shrooms, or flies. They are good at climbing and often raid bird nests. They were favoured by farmers as effective rat control, though unpopular with chicken rearers. |
||
==Hybrids== |
==Hybrids== |
||
In the German reptile zoo Exotarium Oberhof '' |
In the German reptile zoo Exotarium [[Oberhof, Germany|Oberhof]] ''Elaphe climacophora'' mated with ''[[Elaphe schrenckii]]'' to produce fertile [[hybrid (biology)|hybrids]]. Offspring look very much like ''[[Elaphe taeniura]]''. |
||
==References== |
==References== |
||
{{Commons|Elaphe climacophora}} |
{{Commons|Elaphe climacophora}} |
||
{{Reflist|refs= |
|||
*Japanese Wikipedia |
|||
<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species |genus=Elaphe |species=climacophora |accessdate=3 January 2021}}</ref> |
|||
}} |
|||
*[http://www.ratsnakes.com/Eclimacophora.html Ratsnakes.com] |
*[http://www.ratsnakes.com/Eclimacophora.html Ratsnakes.com] |
||
{{Taxonbar|from=Q2562020}} |
|||
[[Category:Rat snakes|Japanese Rat Snake]] |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
[[ |
[[Category:Elaphe]] |
||
[[Category:Snakes of Asia]] |
|||
[[ja:アオダイショウ]] |
|||
[[ |
[[Category:Snakes of Japan]] |
||
| ⚫ | |||
[[ru:Островной полоз]] |
|||
[[Category:Reptiles described in 1826]] |
|||
[[uk:Полоз островний]] |
|||
[[Category:Taxa named by Heinrich Boie]] |
|||
[[zh:日本錦蛇]] |
|||
Latest revision as of 13:48, 20 March 2024
 | This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (January 2021) |
| Japanese rat snake | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Elaphe |
| Species: | E. climacophora
|
| Binomial name | |
| Elaphe climacophora (Boie, 1826)
| |
The Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora) is a medium-sized colubrid snake found throughout the Japanese archipelago (except the far South West) as well as on the Russian-administered Kunashir Island.[1] In Japanese it is known as the aodaishō[2] or "blue general". It is non-venomous. It is hunted by eagles and tanukis.
The snakes hibernate for three to four months, mate in spring and lay 7–20 eggs in early summer.
Description
[edit]
Adults reach one to two meters in length and about five centimeters in girth. E. climacophora is the largest Japanese snake outside Okinawa. They are variable in color, ranging from pale yellow-green to dark blue-green.
Juveniles have brown-stripe pattern that may be mimesis of the venomous mamushi. An albino form is known, with specimens especially numerous near Iwakuni, where they are called "Iwakuni white snakes" and revered as messengers of deities and deity-guardians of mountains and rivers. The albino population was protected in 1924 as a "national monument."
Feeding
[edit]Japanese rat snakes eat a variety of small animals: rodents, frogs, lizards, shrooms, or flies. They are good at climbing and often raid bird nests. They were favoured by farmers as effective rat control, though unpopular with chicken rearers.
Hybrids
[edit]In the German reptile zoo Exotarium Oberhof Elaphe climacophora mated with Elaphe schrenckii to produce fertile hybrids. Offspring look very much like Elaphe taeniura.
References
[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Elaphe climacophora.
- ^ a b Kidera, N.; Ota, H. (2017). "Elaphe climacophora". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T47755764A47755773. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T47755764A47755773.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Elaphe climacophora at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 3 January 2021.