NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Black-banded Trinket Snake
Oreocryptophis porphyraceus (Cantor, 1839)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Oreocryptophis porphyraceus is a rat snake species, commonly called the black-banded trinket snake, red bamboo snake, found in mid to upper-level elevations of forested hills in southeastern Asia, ranging from evergreen tropical to dry seasonal forests depending on the subspecies and locality. It is the only member of the genus Oreocryptophis, but it was formerly placed in Elaphe.
Wikipedia contributors, Oreocryptophis; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T11:34:21.708930+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Oreocryptophis porphyraceus (Cantor, 1839)
- Name authority
- (Cantor, 1839)
- Common name
- Black-banded Trinket Snake
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Oreocryptophis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
- familyColubridae
- subfamilyColubrinae
- genusOreocryptophis
- speciesOreocryptophis porphyraceus (Cantor, 1839)
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Psammophis nigrofasciatus Cantor, 1839 Cantor, 1839 | synonym |
| Elaphe porphyracea coxi Schulz & Helfenberger, 1998 Schulz & Helfenberger, 1998 | synonym |
| Elaphe porphyracea hainana Mell, 1931 Mell, 1931 | synonym |
| Elaphe porphyracea sikiangensis Mell, 1931 Mell, 1931 | synonym |
| Liopeltis kawakamii Oshima, 1910 Oshima, 1910 | synonym |
| Simotes vaillanti Sauvage, 1877 Sauvage, 1877 | synonym |
| Coronella callicephalus Gray, 1853 Gray, 1853 | synonym |
| Elaphe porphyracea laticincta Schulz & Helfenberger, 1998 Schulz & Helfenberger, 1998 | synonym |
| Elaphe porphyracea pulchra Schmidt, 1925 Schmidt, 1925 | synonym |
| Simotes vaillanti Sauvage, 1876 Sauvage, 1876 | synonym |
| Coluber porphyraceus Cantor, 1839 Cantor, 1839 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Oreocryptophis&species=porphyraceus Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:74SSV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.