Table 4 Diagnostic characters of all species of Elaphe (Elaphe druzei sp. nov.: own data; Jablonski et al.25 for E. sauromates and E. urartica; Qi et al.4 for all remaining species).
Species | Dorsalia | Ventralia | Subcaudalia | Sublabialia | Preoculare | Max SVL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E. druzei sp. nov | 25 (23–25)-23, 25 (21)-19 (19–21) | 200–222 | 57–78 | 11 (10–12) | 1 (1–2) | 1541 |
E. anomala | 23 (21–25)-23 (19–23)-19 (17–19) | 203–225 | 45–77 | 9–11 | 2 (1–2) | 1925 |
E. bimaculata | 23 (23–25)-23 (21–25)-19 (21) | 170–209 | 61–81 | 9–12 | 2 (1–2) | 760 |
E. cantoris | 19 (19–21)-19 (19–23)-17 | 226–239 | 78–87 | 9–10 | 2 | 1158 |
E. carinata | 23 (21–25)-23 (21–25)-19 (17–19) | 186–227 | 69–102 | 9–12 | 2 (1–2) | > 2000 |
E. climacophora | NA-23 (23–25)-NA | 222–236 | 97–116 | 11 | 2 | > 1500 |
E. davidi | 25 (22–27)-23 (22–25)-19 (17–21) | 155–183 | 53–72 | 11–13 | 2 (1–3) | 1227 |
E. dione | 25 (21–27)-25 (21–27)-19 (17–21) | 168–206 | 51–84 | 9–11 | 2 (1–2) | 893 |
E. hodgsoni | 23 (21–25)-23 (21–25)-17 | 228–247 | 72–92 | 9–12 | 2 (1–2) | 1190 |
E. moellendorffi | 25 (23–27)-27 (25–27)-19 (19–21) | 270–278 | 92–102 | 10–13 | 2 | 1602 |
E. quadrivirgata | NA-19-NA | 195–215 | 70–96 | 11 | 2 | > 1000 |
E. quatuorlineata | 25–25 (23–27)-19 | 187–234 | 56–90 | 11 | 2 (2–3) | > 2000 |
E. sauromates | (21–27)-(23–25)-(18–21) | 199–222 | 61–79 | 9–12 | 1–3 | 1250 |
E. schrenckii | 23 (21–23)-23 (21–23)-19 | 208–224 | 57–75 | 8–11 | 2 (1–2) | 1335 |
E. taeniura | 25 (23–25)-23 (21–25)-19 (17–19) | 223–261 | 73–121 | 9–13 | 2 (1–2) | > 2000 |
E. urartica | (23–25)-(23–25)-(18–19) | 190–211 | 60–74 | 10–13 | 1–3 | 970 |
E. xiphodonta | 21–21-17 | 202–204 | 67–68 | 9–10 | 2 | 785 |
E. zoigeensis | 21–19 (19–21)-17 | 202–212 | 68–79 | 9 | 3 | 722 |
