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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Colubridae
Bibliography of the genus Oocatochus
Biodiversity of the family Colubridae








Genus
Oocatochus

Red-backed Rat Snake

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2001 Oocatochus Helfenberger (type species: Tropidonotus rufodorsatus Cantor 1842)
Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: The single species of this genus was previously included in the genus Elaphe (e.g., Schulz 1996).
Distribution: As for the single species.

Oocatochus rufodorsatus

Red-backed Rat Snake, Viviparous Rat Snake

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1842 Tropidonotus rufodorsatus Cantor
Coluber rufodorsatus Günther 1858
Ablabes rufodorsatus Boulenger 1890
Elaphe rufodorsata Stejneger 1907
Oocatochus rufodorsatus Helfenberger 2001
1854 Ablabes sex-lineatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril (Zhao & Adler 1993)
1886 Simotes herzi Boettger (Zhao & Adler 1993)

Distribution: China (Anhui, Beijing, Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong [incl. Nan Ao Island], Guangxi, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Inner Mongolia, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong, Shanxi, Tianjin, Zhejiang), North Korea, Russia, South Korea.