You are here » home › advanced search › search results › Coelognathus radiatus

Coelognathus radiatus (BOIE, 1827)

IUCN Red List - Coelognathus radiatus - Least Concern, LC
iNaturalist logo

Can you confirm these amateur observations of Coelognathus radiatus?

Add your own observation of
Coelognathus radiatus »

Find more photos by Google images search: Google images

Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Radiated Ratsnakes, Copperhead Rat Snake, Copper-headed Trinket Snake
G: Strahlennatter
Chinese: 三索锦蛇 
SynonymColuber radiatus BOIE 1827
Coluber radiatus — SCHLEGEL 1837: 135
Coluber quadrifasciatus CANTOR 1839
Tropidonotus quinque CANTOR 1839
Coelognathus radiata — FITZINGER 1843
Elaphis radiatus — DUMÉRIL 1853
Plagiodon radiata — DUMÉRIL 1853
Compsosoma radiatum — DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 292
Elaphis (Compsosoma) radiatum — BLEEKER 1857
Spilotes radiatus — GÜNTHER 1858
Elaphis radiatus — JAN 1863
Compsosoma radiatum — THEOBALD 1868: 45
Compsosoma radiatum — STOLICZKA 1870: 188
Compsosoma radiatum — MÜLLER 1880
Coluber radiatus — BOULENGER 1894: 61
Coluber (Compsosoma) radiatus — MÜLLER 1895: 203
Coluber radiatus — WALL 1908: 327
Elaphe radiata — BARBOUR 1912
Elaphe radiata — POPE 1929
Coelognathus radiatus — COCHRAN 1930
Elaphe radiata — SMITH 1943
Elaphe radiata — TAYLOR 1965: 721
Elaphe radiata — SCHULZ 1996: 219
Elaphe radiata — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 344
Elaphe radiata — COX et al. 1998: 51
Elaphe radiata — LAZELL et al. 1999
Elaphe radiata — CHAN-ARD et al. 1999: 166
Coelognathus radiatus — GUMPRECHT 2000
Coelognathus radiatus — UTIGER et al. 2002
Elaphe radiata — ZIEGLER 2002: 231
Elaphe radiata — LAZELL 2002
Coelognathus radiatus — WINCHELL 2003
Coelognathus radiatus — GUMPRECHT 2003
Elaphe radiata — PAUWELS et al. 2003
Elaphe radiata — AO et al. 2004
Elaphe radiata — ZHAO 2006
Coelognathus radiata — ZIEGLER et al. 2007
Elaphe radiatus — MURTHY 2010
Coelognathus radiatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 172
Coelognathus radiates — WANGYAL 2014 (in error)
Coelognathus radiates — NEPALI & SINGH 2019 (in error)
Coelognathus radiates — KHOERUNISA et al. 2021 (in error) 
DistributionIndonesia (Sumatra, Bangka, Borneo/Kalimantan, Java, Bali),
Malaysia (Malaya and East Malaysia); Borneo,
Burma (Myanmar),
Thailand (incl. Phuket),
Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam (Hoa Binh),
India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh [A. Captain, pers. comm.], Eastern Ghats, from Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Orissa = Odisha, West Bengal, Sikkim, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland), Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan,
S China (Fujian, Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hong Kong)

Type locality: Java (Boie, 1827)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: RMNH (Leiden) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Taylor 1965: 721 
CommentBehavior: diurnal.

Type species: Coluber radiatus BOIE 1827 is the type species of the genus Coelognathus FITZINGER 1843.

Synonymy: Kaiser et al. 2013 considered the generic name Euanedwardsserpens Hoser 2012 invalid and rejected its use instead of Coelognathus.

Distribution: Possibly in Bhutan (Lenz 2012). Not in Singapore or not established there (Figueroa et al. 2023). 
References
  • Abraham, G. 1983. Das Portrait: Elaphe radiata - Kupferkopf - Rattenschlange. Sauria 5 (2): 1-2 - get paper here
  • Ao J. M., David P., Bordoloi S., Ohler A. 2004. Notes on a collection of snakes from Nagaland, Northeast India, with 19 new records for this state. Russian Journal of Herpetology 11 (2): 155 – 162
  • Arif, Ayesha Mohammad Maslehuddin, Sourabh Verma, Uttam 2020. First record of the Copper-headed Trinket Snake, Coelognathus radiatus (Boie 1827) (Reptilia: Colubridae), from Bihar, India. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 27 (3): 413-414 - get paper here
  • Barbour, Thomas 1912. Some Chinese Vertebrates: Amphibia and Reptilia. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy 40 (4): 125-136 - get paper here
  • Bhattarai S, Pokheral CP, Lamichhane BR, Regmi UR, Ram AK, Subedi N. 2018. Amphibians and reptiles of Parsa National Park, Nepal. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 12(1): 35–48 (e155)
  • Bhattarai S., Gurung A., Lamichhane BR., Regmi R., Dhungana M., Kumpakha B. and Subedi N. 2020. Amphibians and Reptiles of Chure Range, Nepal. President Chure Terai-Madhesh Conservation Development Board and National Trust for Nature Conservation, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal
  • Bhupathy, S., Ramesh Kumar, S., Paramanandham, J., Thirumalainathan, P. and Pranjit Kumar Sarma 2013. Conservation of reptiles in Nagaland, India. In: K. K. Singh et al. (editors), Bioresources and Traditional Knowledge of Northeast India, Mizo Post-Graduate Science Society, pp. 181-186
  • Bleeker, P. 1857. Opsomming der soorten von Reptilien, tot dus verre von het eiland Java bekend geworden. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indie, Batavia, (ser. 3) 14 (4): 235-244 - get paper here
  • Boie, F. 1827. Bemerkungen über Merrem's Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien, 1. Lieferung: Ophidier. Isis von Oken 20: 508-566. - get paper here
  • Boilstone, Mark 1993. The colubrid snakes of Laos. Litteratura Serpentium 13 (3): 74-82
  • 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
  • Cantor, T. E. 1839. Spicilegium serpentium indicorum [part 1]. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1839: 31-34 - get paper here
  • Chan-ard, T., Parr, J.W.K. & Nabhitabhata, J. 2015. A field guide to the reptiles of Thailand. Oxford University Press, NY, 352 pp. [see book reviews by Pauwels & Grismer 2015 and Hikida 2015 for corrections] - get paper here
  • Chan-ard,T.; Grossmann,W.; Gumprecht,A. & Schulz,K. D. 1999. Amphibians and reptiles of peninsular Malaysia and Thailand - an illustrated checklist [bilingual English and German]. Bushmaster Publications, Würselen, Gemany, 240 pp. [book review in Russ. J Herp. 7: 87] - get paper here
  • Cox, Merel J.; Van Dijk, Peter Paul; Jarujin Nabhitabhata & Thirakhupt,Kumthorn 1998. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Ralph Curtis Publishing, 144 pp.
  • Crane, Matt S.; Colin T. Strine, Tyler K. Knierim, Taks in Artchawakom, and Pongthep Suwanwaree 2018. Herpetofaunal Species Abundance, Richness, and Diversity in a Dry Tropical Forest and Agricultural Matrix at the Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve, Thailand. Herp. Cons. Biol. 13 (3): 586–597 - get paper here
  • Das, Abhijit; Uttam Saikia, B. H. C. K. Murthy, Santanu Dey and Sushil K. Dutta 2009. A herpetofaunal inventory of Barail Wildlife Sanctuary and adjacent regions, Assam, north-eastern India. Hamadryad 34 (1): 117 – 134 - get paper here
  • Das, I. 2012. A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of South-East Asia: Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali. Oxford J, ohn Beaufoy Publishing - get paper here
  • David,P. & Vogel, G. 1996. The snakes of Sumatra. An annotated checklist and key with natural history notes. Bücher Kreth, Frankfurt/M.
  • Davis, Hayden R.; L. Lee Grimser, Anthony J. Cobos, Matthew L. Murdoch, Alexandra X. Sumarli, Sharual Anuar, M. A. Muin, Perry Wood, Jr., Evan S. H. Quah 2018. Checklist of the Herpetofauna of Hutan Lipur Gunung Senyum, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia. Russ. J. Herpetol. 25 (3): 207-220 - get paper here
  • Deuve, J. 1961. Liste annotee des Serpents du Laos. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Laos 1:5-32.
  • Dowling, H.G., & Jenner, J.V. 1988. Snakes of Burma: checklist of reported species and bibliography. Smithsonian Herp. Inf. Serv. (76): 19 pp. - get paper here
  • Duméril, ANDRÉ MARIE CONSTANT 1853. Prodrome de la classifcation des reptiles ophidiens. Mém. Acad. Sci., Paris, 23: 399-536 - get paper here
  • Francis, A. 2021. A field guide to the snakes of Hong Kong. Regal Printing, Hong Kong - get paper here
  • Gawor, A., C. T. Pham, T. Q. Nguyen, T. T. Nguyen, A. Schmitz & T. Ziegler 2016. The herpetofauna of the Bai Tu Long National Park, northeastern Vietnam. Salamandra 52 (1): 23-41 - get paper here
  • Geissler, P., Hartmann, T., Ihlow, F., Neang T., Seng R., Wagner, P. & Bohme, W. 2019. Herpetofauna of the Phnom Kulen National Park, northern Cambodia—An annotated checklist. Cambodian Journal of Natural History 2019 (1): 40–63 - get paper here
  • Geissler, Peter, Truong Quang Nguyen, Nikolay A. Poyarkov & Wolfgang Böhme 2011. New records of snakes from Cat Tien National Park, Dong Nai and Lam Dong provinces, southern Vietnam. Bonn zoological Bulletin 60 (1): 9-16 - get paper here
  • Giri, Rohit; Roshan Giri, Kamal Devkota 2020. Death-feigning Behavior by Copper-headed Trinket Snakes, Coelognathus radiatus (Boie 1827) (Squamata: Colubridae), in Nepal. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 27 (2): 249-250 - get paper here
  • Grismer, L.L., Neang, T., Chav, T. & Grismer, J.L. 2008. Checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of the Cardamom region of Southwestern Cambodia. Cambodian Journal of Natural History 2008(1): 12–28 - get paper here
  • Grossmann,W. & Tillack,F. 2001. Bemerkungen zur Herpetofauna des Khao Lak, Phang Nga, thailändische Halbinsel. Teil II: Reptilia: Serpentes; Testudines; Diskussion. Sauria 23 (1): 25-40 - get paper here
  • Gumprecht, A. 2000. Coelognathus radiatus (BOIE). Sauria (Suppl.) 23 (3): 532-534 - get paper here
  • Gumprecht, A. 2003. Anmerkungen zu den Chinesischen Kletternattern der Gattung Elaphe (sensu lato) FITZINGER 1833. Reptilia (Münster) 8 (44): 37-41 - get paper here
  • Hakim, J., Trageser, S. J., Ghose, A., Rashid, S. M. A., & Rahman, S. C. 2020. Amphibians and reptiles from Lawachara National Park in Bangladesh. Check List, 16: 1239 - get paper here
  • Hauser, Sjon; Ton Smits, Johan van Rooijen 2022. Records of Body Bending Behavior (‘Liana Crypsis’) in Five Snake Species in Thailand and One in Spain Russian Journal of Herpetology 28 (2): 65-75
  • Heiko Werning 2013. Im Schlangenland – Ein Besuch bei Yvonne und Thomas Klesius. Terraria-Elaphe 2013 (2): 88-93 - get paper here
  • Helfenberger, Notker 2001. Phylogenetic relationship of Old World Ratsnakes based on visceral organ topography, osteology, and allozyme variation. Russ. J. Herpetol. (Suppl.): 1-56 - get paper here
  • Hoser, R.T. 2012. A division of the South-east [sic] Asian ratsnake genus Coelognathus (Serpentes: Colubridae). Australasian J. Herpetol. 12:09–11. - get paper here
  • Kaiser, H.; Crother, B.I.; Kelly, C.M.R.; Luiselli, L.; O’Shea, M.; Ota, H.; Passos, P.; Schleip, W.D. & Wüster, W. 2013. Best Practices: In the 21st Century, Taxonomic Decisions in Herpetology are Acceptable Only When Supported by a Body of Evidence and Published via Peer-Review. Herpetological Review 44 (1): 8-23
  • 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
  • KHOERUNISA, IRA; MIRZA D. KUSRINI, AND ANI MARDIASTUTI 2021. Diversity of snake rescued from residential areas in Greater Jakarta metropolitan area, Indonesia. Media Konservasi 26 (3): 231-238; DOI: 10.29244/medkon.26.3.231-238 - get paper here
  • Kopstein, F. 1938. Ein Beitrag zur Eierkunde und zur Fortpflanzung der Malaiischen Reptilien. Bull. Raffles Mus. No 14: 81-167
  • Kramer, E. 1977. Zur Schlangenfauna Nepals. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 84 (3): 721-761. - get paper here
  • Kwet, A. 2017. Schneller, als das Auge erlaubt – Rekordverdächtige Schlangenbisse. Terraria-Elaphe 2017 (2): 8-11 - get paper here
  • Lalremsanga, H.T.; Saipari Sailo and Chinliansiama 2011. Diversity of Snakes (Reptilia: Squamata) and Role of Environmental Factors in Their Distribution in Mizoram, Northeast India. Advances in Environmental Chemistry - get paper here
  • Laltanpuia, T. C.; C. Lalrinchhana, Lalnunsanga, Lalrotluanga, Ricky Hmingthansanga, Arti Kumari, Vanlalsawmi Renthlei, S. Lalrintluangi and H. T. Lalremsanga 2008. Snakes (Reptilia: Serpentes) of Mizoram University Campus, Tanhril, Aizawl with notes on their identification keys [in Mizo]. Science Vision 8(4): 112-127 - get paper here
  • Lang, Ruud de 2017. The Snakes of Java, Bali and Surrounding Islands. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 435 pp. - get paper here
  • Lazell,J.; Kolby, J.; Lin, Y. M.; Zhuang, D. H. & Lu, W. 1999. Reptiles and amphibians from Nan Ao Island, China. Postilla 217: 1-18 - get paper here
  • Le, Dzung Trung; Anh Ngoc Dao, Dat Thang Pham, Thomas Ziegler, and Truong Quang Nguyen 2018. New records and an updated list of snakes from Yen Bai Province, Vietnam. Herpetology Notes 11: 101-108 - get paper here
  • Lenz, Norbert 2012. Von Schmetterlingen und Donnerdrachen - Natur und Kultur in Bhutan. Karlsruher Naturhefte 4, Naturkundemuseum Karlsruhe, 124 pp.
  • Mahony, S. and A. H. M. Ali Reza. 2007. A herpetological collection from the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh, with two new species records for the country. Hamadryad 32 (1): 45-56 - get paper here
  • Manthey, U. & Grossmann, W. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 512 pp. - get paper here
  • Maqsood-Javed, S.M.; Farida Tampal & C. Srinivasulu 2010. First record of Coelognathus radiatus (Boie, 1827) (Reptilia: Colubridae) from the Ananthagiri Hills, Eastern Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 2 (9): 1172-1174 - get paper here
  • Marshall BM, Strine CT. 2019. Exploring snake occurrence records: Spatial biases and marginal gains from accessible social media. PeerJ 7:e8059 - get paper here
  • MATHIPI, VABEIRYUREILAI; HT. DECEMSON, LAL BIAKZUALA & HMAR TLAWMTE LALREMSANGA. 2022. COELOGNATHUS RADIATUS (Copper-headed Trinket Snake). PREDATION. Herpetological Review 53 (3): 506–507.
  • Mehra, G.S., N. Mohanty & S.K. Dutta 2022. Occurrence patterns of herpetofauna in different habitat types of western Terai Arc Landscape, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 14(5): 21010–21018 - get paper here
  • Müller, F. 1895. Siebenter Nachtrag zum Katalog der herpetologischen Sammlung des Basler Museums. Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel 10: 195-215 [1892] - get paper here
  • Murthy, T.S.N. 2010. The reptile fauna of India. B.R. Publishing, New Delhi, 332 pp.
  • Nadolski, B., Trivedi, K., Ashaharraza, K. and Suwanwaree, P. 2020. Defensive behaviors of copper-headed trinket snakes, Coelognathus radiatus (Boie 1827) (Squamata: Colubridae), from the Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve, Thailand. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 26: 243-244. - get paper here
  • 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
  • Nath, Anukul; Hilloljyoti Singha & Abhijit Das 2011. Snakes of Bongaigaon Municipality Area, Assam, India. Reptile Rap (13): 9-13 - 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
  • Nguyen, S.V., Ho, C.T. and Nguyen, T.Q. 2009. Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 768 pp.
  • Nguyen, Truong Quang; Tan Van Nguyen, Cuong The Pham, An Vinh Ong & Thomas Ziegler 2018. New records of snakes (Squamata: Serpentes) from Hoa Binh Province, northwestern Vietnam. Bonn zoological Bulletin 67 (1): 15–24 - get paper here
  • Pandey, Deb Prasad 2018. New records of snakes from Chitwan National Park and vicinity, Central Nepal. Herpetology Notes 11: 679-696 - get paper here
  • Pauwels, O.S.G.; David, P.; Chimsunchart, C. & Thirakhupt, K. 2003. Reptiles of Phetchaburi Province, Western Thailand: a list of species, with natural history notes, and a discussion on the biogeography at the Isthmus of Kra. Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University 3 (1): 23-53 - get paper here
  • Pauwels,O.S.G. et al. 2000. Herpetological investigations in Phang-Nga Province, southern Peninsular Thailand, with a list of reptile species and notes on their biology. Dumerilia 4 (2): 123-154 - get paper here
  • Pham AV, Ziegler T, Nguyen TQ 2020. New records and an updated checklist of snakes from Son La Province, Vietnam. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e52779 - get paper here
  • Pham, V. A., Nguyen, Q. T., Tran, V. T., Le Duc, M., Nguyen, T. A., Nguyen, K. B. T., ... & Doan, T. N. M. 2023. Threatened Species of Amphibians and Reptiles from Son La Province and Their Conservation Values. VNU Journal of Science: Earth and Environmental Sciences, 39(1) - get paper here
  • Purkayastha J. 2013. An Amateur’s Guide to Reptiles of Assam. EBH Publishers (India) - get paper here
  • Purkayastha, J. 2018. Urban biodiversity: an insight into the terrestrial vertebrate diversity of Guwahati, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 10(10): 12299–12316; - get paper here
  • Rawat, Y.B., S. Bhattarai, L.P. Poudyal & N. Subedi 2020. Herpetofauna of Shuklaphanta National Park, Nepal. Journal of Threatened Taxa 12(5): 15587–15611 - get paper here
  • Schmidt, D. 1983. Die Strahlennatter, Elaphe radiata (SCHLEGEL). Elaphe 1983 (3): 33-36
  • Schulz, K. D. 1996. Eine Monographie der Schlangengattung Elaphe Fitzinger. Bushmaster, Berg (CH): 1-460
  • Schulz, K.-D. 1986. Die hinterasiatischen Kletternattern der Gattung Elaphe, Teil 7 - Elaphe radiata (SCHLEGEL, 1837). Sauria 8 (4): 3-6 - get paper here
  • Schulz, Klaus Dieter 1985. Die hinterasiatischen Kletternattern der Gattung Elaphe. Teil VI: Elaphe radiata (SCHLEGEL 1837). Sauria 7 (4): 3-6 - get paper here
  • Schulz, Klaus-Dieter 1996. A monograph of the colubrid snakes of the genus Elaphe Fitzinger. Koeltz Scientific Books, 439 pp.
  • Sengupta D et al. 2019. Assessment of the Reptilian Fauna in the Brahmaputra Plains of Two Districts in Assam, India. IRCF 26 (1): 65-67 - get paper here
  • Sharma, R. C. 2004. Handbook Indian Snakes. AKHIL BOOKS, New Delhi, 292 pp.
  • Singh, Lalji; Ian F. Purdom and Kenneth W. Jones 1979. Behaviour of sex chromosome associated satellite DNAs in somatic and germ cells in snakes. Chromosoma 71 (2): 167-181 - get paper here
  • Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.
  • Soud, Rakesh, Sanjoy Sutradhar and Simi Talukdar 2006. A note on the occurrence of Copper-Headed Trinket Snake Coelognathus radiatus (Boie, 1827) in western Assam. Cobra 64:11-12.
  • Stoliczka, F. 1870. Observations on some Indian and Malayan Amphibia and Reptilia. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 39: 134-228. - get paper here
  • Stuebing, R.B., Inger, R.F. & Lardner, B. 2014. A field guide to the snakes of Borneo, second edition. Natural history Publications (Borneo)
  • Swan, L.W., & Leviton, A.E. 1962. The herpetology of Nepal: a history, check list, and zoogeographical analysis of the herpetofauna. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 32 (6) (4.s.): 103-147. - get paper here
  • Syafiq MF, Badli-Sham BH, Grismer LL, Ahmad AB 2023. Uneven species occurrence and richness of lowland snakes (Serpentes, Squamata) in Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia, with new locality records. ZooKeys 1168: 11–39
  • Taylor,E.H. 1965. The serpents of Thailand and adjacent waters. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 45 (9): 609-1096 - get paper here
  • Tenzin, J.; S. Nidup, G. Gyeltsen, T. Tshomo, A. Nepal & J.T. Wangyal 2022. The herpetofauna in Sarpang District, Bhutan TAPROBANICA 11 (02): 99–102 - get paper here
  • TEYNIÉ, ALEXANDRE; PATRICK DAVID, & ANNEMARIE OHLER 2010. Note on a collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from Western Sumatra (Indonesia), with the description of a new species of the genus Bufo. Zootaxa 2416: 1–43 - get paper here
  • Thakur, Sanjay 2011. A note on snakes of Kanha National Park and surrounding areas. Reptile Rap (11): 2-4 - get paper here
  • Theobald, William 1868. Catalogue of the reptiles of British Birma, embracing the provinces of Pegu, Martaban, and Tenasserim; with descriptions of new or little-known species. Zool. J. Linnean Soc. 10: 4-67. - get paper here
  • Thinh, Bui Bao; <br />Trinh Thi Hong; <br />Hoang Ngoc Thao; Bui Bao Thien 2018. Initial building the sample sets of amphibians and reptiles in the Hong Duc University (Viet Nam). Постулат. 2018. No12 УДК 597.6 + 598.1 - get paper here
  • Trutnau,L. 1986. Einige vorläufige Bemerkungen zur Herpetofauna der südthailändischen Insel Phuket. Herpetofauna 8 (43): 17-27 - get paper here
  • Tshewang, S. & L. Letro 2018. The herpetofauna of Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park in central Bhutan: status, distribution and new records. Journal of Threatened Taxa 10(11): 12489–12498; - get paper here
  • Utiger, Urs, Notker Helfenberger, Beat Schätti, Catherine Schmidt, Markus Ruf and Vincent Ziswiler 2002. Molecular systematics and phylogeny of Old World and New World ratsnakes, Elaphe Auct., and related genera (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 9 (2): 105-124. - get paper here
  • Varma, Vishal; Fergus Mark Anthony 2020. Range Extension of the Copper-headed Trinket Snake, Coelognathus radiatus (Boie 1827) (Squamata: Colubridae), from Himachal Pradesh, India. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 27 (2): 312-313 - get paper here
  • Vogel, Gernot and Hans Kam Han-Yuen 2010. Death feigning behavior in three colubrid species of tropical Asia. Russ. J. Herpetol. 17 (1): 15-21 - get paper here
  • Wall, F. 1913. A Popular Treatise on the Common Indian Snakes. Part XXIII. (With Plate XXIII, Diagram and Map.) Coluber radiatus (The Copper-headed Bat-Snake) and Zamenis diadema (The Royal Snake). J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 23: 206 - get paper here
  • Wall,F. 1908. Notes on a collection of snakes from the Khasi Hills, Assam. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 18: 312-337 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
  • Wang K, Lyu ZT, Wang J, Qi S, Che J 2022. Updated Checklist and Zoogeographic Division of the Reptilian Fauna of Yunnan Province, China. Biodiversity Science 30 (4): 21326, 1–31 - get paper here
  • Wang, C. G. M. Z. X., Jia, S. Y. K. T. L., & Hu, C. Z. J. 2022. An updated species checklist of amphibians and reptiles in Fujian Province, China. Biodiversity Science, 22090 - get paper here
  • Wang, Kai; Jinlong Ren, Hongman Chen, Zhitong Lyu, Xianguang Guo Ke Jiang, Jinmin Chen, Jiatang Li, Peng Guo, Yingyong Wang, Jing Che 2020. The updated checklists of amphibians and reptiles of China. Biodiversity Science 28 (2): 189-218 - get paper here
  • Wangyal, Jigme Tshelthrim 2019. The status of herpetofauna of Bhutan. District Forest Office, District Administration, Trashigang, Bhutan, 20-39 - get paper here
  • Whitaker, Romulus and Ashok Captain 2004. Snakes of India. Draco Books, 500 pp., reprinted 2007 - get paper here
  • Winchell, S. 2003. The wide world of snakes in China. Reptilia (GB) (31): 12-21 - get paper here
  • Winchell, S. 2003. Die vielfältige Welt chinesischer Schlangen. Reptilia (Münster) 8 (44): 20-29 - get paper here
  • Yang, J.-H., X.-Y. Huang, J.-F. Ye, S.-P. Yang, X.-.C. Zhang & B.P.-L. Chan 2019. A report on the herpetofauna of Tengchong Section of Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve, China. Journal of Threatened Taxa 11(11): 14434–14451 - get paper here
  • YUAN, FÉLIX LANDRY; CHUNG TAI YEUNG, TRACEY-LEIGH PRIGGE, PAULINE C. DUFOUR, YIK-HEI SUNG, CAROLINE DINGLE & TIMOTHY C. BONEBRAKE. 2022. Conservation and cultural intersections within Hong Kong’s snake soup industry. Oryx 2022: 1–8. - get paper here
  • Zakaria, N., Allahudin, M. I. H., Ma'ad, S. N. S., Sulaiman, A. A., Abdullah, N. A., Zamri, M. I. M., ... & Deraman, M. Y. 2022. Diversity amphibians and reptiles at Sungai Kerteh mangrove forest, Terengganu, Malaysia. Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity, 23(11)
  • Zhao, E.M. 2006. The snakes of China [in Chinese]. Hefei, China, Anhui Sience & Technology Publ. House, Vol. I, 372 pp., Vol. II (color plates), 280 pp.
  • Ziegler, T. 2002. Die Amphibien und Reptilien eines Tieflandfeuchtwald-Schutzgebietes in Vietnam. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 342 pp. - get paper here
  • Ziegler, T., RAUHAUS, A., TRAN, T.D., PHAM, C.T., VAN SCHINGEN, M., DANG, P.H., LE, M.D. & NGUYEN, T.Q. 2015. Die Amphibien- und Reptilienfauna der Me-Linh-Biodiversitätsstation in Nordvietnam. Sauria 37 (4): 11-44 - get paper here
  • ZIEGLER, THOMAS; RALF HENDRIX, VU NGOC THANH, MARTINA VOGT, BERNHARD FORSTER & DANG NGOC KIEN 2007. The diversity of a snake community in a karst forest ecosystem in the central Truong Son, Vietnam, with an identification key. Zootaxa 1493: 1-40 - get paper here
  • Zug, G.R. & Mitchell, J.C. 1995. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal. Asiatic Herpetological Research 6: 172-180 - get paper here
  • Zug, George R.;Win, Htun;Thin, Thin;Min, Than Zaw;Lhon, Win Zaw;Kyaw, Kyaw 1998. Herpetofauna of the Chatthin Wildlife Sanctuary, north-central Myanmar with preliminary observations of their Natural History. Hamadryad 23 (2): 111-120 - get paper here
  • Zuklin, Tomas; Nathanael Maury, Saly Sitthivong, Thong Van Pham, Olivier Le Duc, Cedric Bordes, Benjamin Leprince, Charlotte Ducotterd, Lo Van Oanh, Phimphasone Vilay, Vinh Quang Luu, Luca Luiselli 2021. The «Empty Forest Syndrome» and the Herpetofaunal Communities in Laos (South-Eastern Asia). Russian Journal of Herpetology 28 (6): 333-347 - get paper here
 
External links  
Is it interesting? Share with others:

As link to this species use URL address:

https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Coelognathus&species=radiatus

without field 'search_param'. Field 'search_param' is used for browsing search result.



Please submit feedback about this entry to the curator