Elaphe taeniurus friesi (Werner, 1927)

Tsai, Tein-Shun & Mao, Jean-Jay, 2017, Zavreliella undetermined, Zoological Studies 56 (38), pp. 1-23 : 7

Elaphe taeniurus friesi

Anterior dorsal body with 2 or 4 rows of dark blotches or bands in neonates/juveniles and subadults ( Fig. 2G ; type I), but with a faint median band in adults ( Fig. 2H ; type II); the designs turning into two lateral series of dark bands on the posterior body, most obvious on tail; head usually with a stripe extending posteriorly from the eye; dorsal body scales feebly keeled except those on the flanks; anal scale divided.

Figures

Fig. 2. Representative images of the dorsal head, anterior body, middle body, and posterior body of potential types of shed skins for the snake species: (A) Cyclophiops major (not patterned; adult); (B) Daboia siamensis (patterned; adult); (C) Deinagkistrodon acutus (patterned; adult); (D) Elaphe carinata yonaguniensis (patterned-type I; neonate); (E) E. c. yonaguniensis (patterned-type I; juvenile); (F) E. c. yonaguniensis (patterned-type II; adult); (G) E. taeniurus friesi (patterned-type I; juvenile); (H) E. t. friesi (patterned-type II; adult); (I) Euprepiophis mandarinus (patterned-type I; adult); (J) E. mandarinus (patterned-type II; adult). Scale bar = 0.5 cm.