Euprepiophis

Euprepiophis is a genus of nonvenomous colubrid snakes, containing three species of Asian rat snakes which were formerly assigned to the genus Elaphe. They were separated from Elaphe in 2002 by Utiger et al. following evidence from DNA analysis. They are true rat snakes but are not as closely related to other European, Asian, or North American rat snakes as their former place in Elaphe might suggest.

Euprepiophis
Euprepiophis mandarinus in a terrarium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Colubrinae
Genus:	Euprepiophis Fitzinger, 1843[1]
Species
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Species

• Euprepiophis conspicillata (H. Boie, 1826) - Japanese forest rat snake
• Euprepiophis mandarinus (Cantor, 1842) - Mandarin rat snake
• Euprepiophis perlaceus (Stejneger, 1929) - Szechwan rat snake^[2]