''Coelognathus erythrurus'', commonly known as the Philippine rat snake, is a species of snake of the

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Colubridae Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from la, coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest species of the family date back to the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid snakes are found on ev ...

Geographic range

The snake is found in the

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and

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

Subspecies

* ''Coelognathus erythrurus celebensis'' (

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, 1863) * ''Coelognathus erythrurus erythrurus'' ( Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) * ''Coelognathus erythrurus manillensis''

, 1863 * ''Coelognathus erythrurus psephenourus''

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, 1979

References

* Reptiles described in 1854 Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron Taxa named by Auguste Duméril Reptiles of the Philippines Reptiles of Indonesia Reptiles of Malaysia Colubrids {{colubrid-stub