Euprepiophis
Introduction '''''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.
Species *''Euprepiophis conspicillata'' (H. Boie, 1826) - Japanese forest rat snake*''Euprepiophis mandarinus'' (Cantor, 1842) - Mandarin rat snake*''Euprepiophis perlaceus'' (Stejneger, 1929) - Szechwan rat snake
References
External links *  Utiger's 2002 Rat Snake Phylogeny