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Property	Value
rdf:type	Herp
rdfs:label	Orthriophis
rdfs:comment	Orthriophis is a genus of four ratsnakes that were formerly assigned to Elaphe. Based on DNA evidence Utiger et al. elected to create this genus in 2002. The name derives from the Greek orthros for dawn and ophis for snake, referring to the snakes high level of activity in the early morning. Species include: * Cantor's Ratsnake, Orthriophis cantoris (Boulenger, 1894) * Hodgson's Ratsnake, Orthriophis hodgsoni (Günther, 1860) * 100 Flower Ratsnake, Orthriophis moellendorffi (Boettger, 1886) * Beauty Snake, Orthriophis taeniurus (Cope, 1861)
owl:sameAs	dbr:Orthriophis
dcterms:subject	Colubrinae Orthriophis
Kingdom	Animalia
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Authority	Utiger et al., 2002
Title	Orthriophis
Genus	Orthriophis
Class	Reptile
Suborder	Serpentes
Subfamily	Colubrinae
Family	Colubridae
Order	Squamata
Phylum	Chordata
abstract	Orthriophis is a genus of four ratsnakes that were formerly assigned to Elaphe. Based on DNA evidence Utiger et al. elected to create this genus in 2002. The name derives from the Greek orthros for dawn and ophis for snake, referring to the snakes high level of activity in the early morning. Species include: * Cantor's Ratsnake, Orthriophis cantoris (Boulenger, 1894) * Hodgson's Ratsnake, Orthriophis hodgsoni (Günther, 1860) * 100 Flower Ratsnake, Orthriophis moellendorffi (Boettger, 1886) * Beauty Snake, Orthriophis taeniurus (Cope, 1861)