Radiated ratsnake
Species of snake
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Coelognathus radiatus, commonly known as the radiated ratsnake, copperhead rat snake, or copper-headed trinket snake, is a nonvenomous[2] species of colubrid snake.
| Radiated ratsnake | |
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| C. radiatus in threat display | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Coelognathus |
| Species: | C. radiatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Coelognathus radiatus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Temperament
These snakes are usually defensive in nature which makes it hard to catch or control them.[citation needed]
Common names
- German: Strahlennatter
- English:
- Copperhead racer
- Copperhead rat snake
- Radiated rat snake
- Copper-headed trinket snake
- Thai: งูทางมะพร้าว, ngu taang mapao
- Myanmar: ငန်းစောင်း
- Laos:ງູສາ
- Malay: Ular Rusuk Kerbau
- Bengali (Bangladesh): দুধরাজ (Dudhraj), আরবালি সাপ (Arbali sap)
- Vietnamese: rắn sọc dưa, rắn hổ ngựa
Distribution
- Indonesia (Sumatra, Bangka, Borneo/Kalimantan, Java), Bali
- Malaysia and Brunei (Malaya and East Malaysia); Borneo,
- Singapore Island,
- Burma (Myanmar),
- Thailand (including Phuket), Koh Phangan
- Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam,
- Japan (Ryukyu Islands),
- India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh (Miao - Changlang district, Chessa, Chimpu, Itanagar - Papum Pare district) [A. Captain, pers. comm.]),
- Bangladesh, Nepal,
- South China (Fujian, Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hong Kong),
- Nepal[3]
Type locality: Java[4]
