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Coelognathus
	Trinket Snake (Coelognathus helena)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Colubrinae
Genus:	Coelognathus

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Coelognathus is a genus of five ratsnakes that were formerly assigned to Elaphe. Based on DNA evidence Utiger et al. elected to create this genus in 2002^[1].

Species include:

Philippine ratsnake (Coelognathus erythrurus) Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
Yellow-striped ratsnake (Coelognathus flavolineatus) Schlegel, 1837
Trinket snake (Coelognathus helena) Daudin, 1803
Copperhead ratsnake (Coelognathus radiata) Boie, 1827
Indonesian Ratsnake (Coelognathus subradiata) Schlegel, 1837

References

^ [1] Molecular Systemics and Phylogeny of Old and New World Ratsnakes

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[1] [1] Molecular Systemics and Phylogeny of Old and New World Ratsnakes

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 '''''Coelognathus''''' is a genus of five [[Rat snake|ratsnakes]] that were formerly assigned to ''[[Elaphe]]''.  Based on DNA evidence Utiger ''et al.'' elected to create this genus in 2002<ref>[http://www.venomdoc.com/downloads/Utiger_Elaphe_Phylogeny.pdf] Molecular Systemics and Phylogeny of Old and New World Ratsnakes</ref>.
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