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Archelaphe

Archelaphe
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Colubrinae
Genus:	Archelaphe Schulz, Böhme & Tillack, 2011
Species:	A. bella
Binomial name
Archelaphe bella (Stanley, 1917)
Synonyms[2]
Coronella bella Stanley, 1917 Coluber leonardi Wall, 1921 Wallophis bella — F. Werner, 1929 Elaphe porphyracea leonardi — Angel & Bourret, 1933 Elaphe leonardi chapaensis Bourret, 1934 Elaphe leonardi — M.A. Smith, 1943 Oligodon bella — Ding & Zheng, 1974 Maculophis bella — Burbrink & R. Lawson, 2007 Elaphe bella — Nguyen et al., 2009 Archelaphe bella — Schulz et al., 2011

Archelaphe is a genusofsnake in the family Colubridae. The genus contains the sole species Archelaphe bella, commonly known as the Bella rat snake, which is endemictoAsia.^[2]

A. bella is found in China, India, Myanmar, and Vietnam.^[2]

The dorsal pattern of A. bella resembles that of the North American corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus).^[2] The longest specimen of A. bella measured by M.A. Smith (1943) was a male with a total length of 81 cm (32 in) which included a tail 12.5 cm (4.9 in) long.

A. bellaisoviparous.^[2]

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.^[2]

• Archelaphe bella bella (Stanley, 1917)
• Archelaphe bella chapaensis (Bourret, 1934)

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Archelaphe.

• Bourret RN (1934). "Notes herpétologiques sur l'Indochine Française II. Sur quelques serpents des montagnes du Tonkin ". Bulletin Général de l'Instruction Publique, Hanoi 1934: 149–157. (Elaphe leonardi chapaensis, new subspecies). (in French).
• Orlov, Nikolai L.; Ryabov, Sergey A.; Nguyen, Thien Tao; Nguyen, Truong Quang (2010). "Rediscovery and Redescription of Two Rare Snake Species: Oligodon lacroixi Angel et Bourret, 1933 and Maculophis bellus chapaensis (Bourret, 1934) [Squamata: Ophidia: Colubridae] from Fansipan Mountains, Northern Vietnam". Russian Journal of Herpetology 17 (4): 310–322.
• Schulz, Klaus-Dieter; Böhme, Wolfgang; Tillack, Frank (2011). "Hemipenis Morphology of Coronella bella Stanley, 1917 with Comments on Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Issues of Ratsnakes (Squamata: Colubridae: Colubrinae: Elaphe auct.)". Russian Journal of Herpetology 18 (4): 273–283. (Archelaphe, new genus).
• Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Elaphe leonardi, pp. 156–157).
• Stanley, Arthur (1917). "Two new species of Chinese snakes". Journal of the North-China Branch Royal Asiatic Society, Shanghai 47: 83–84. (Coronella bella, new species).

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