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Dione Ratsnake
Elaphe dione (Pallas, 1773)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  order Squamata - lizards and snakes »  family Colubridae - colubrids »  genus Elaphe

Scientific synonyms

Coluber dione Pallas, 1773
Elaphe czerskii Nikolsky, 1914
Coluber eremita Eichwald, 1831
Coluber maeoticus Rathke, 1837
Elaphe dione niger Golubeva, 1923
Elaphe dione tenebrosa Sobolevsky, 1929
Coluber trabalis Schlegel, 1837
Zamenis trabalis (Schlegel, 1837)

Other names

= Dione Snake
= Steppes Ratsnake

Least Concern LC

Images

Elaphe dione - Dione Ratsnake

Author: Zita Bukovská

Elaphe dione - Dione Ratsnake

Author: RNDr. Jan Ševčík

Elaphe dione - Dione Ratsnake

Author: Václav John

Elaphe dione - Dione Ratsnake

Author: Václav John

juvenile animal

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Distribution

E Ukraine, S/SE Russia, Far East (Russia), Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, N Iran, Armenia, Kirghizia, Korea, Mongolia, Russia, N China (southward to Sichuan in the west and Jiangsu in the east; Kiangsu, Shantung, Shansi, Shensi, Gansu; north to Chang Jiang river)

Links and literature

EN de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea 2.4 [http://www.faunaeur.org] [as Elaphe dione (Pallas, 1773)]
Data retrieved on: 9 March 2012

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