Archelaphe

Archelaphe is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae. The genus contains the sole species Archelaphe bella, commonly known as the Bella rat snake, which is endemic to Asia.

Geographic range
A. bella is found in China, India, Myanmar, and Vietnam.

Description
The dorsal pattern of A. bella resembles that of the North American corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus). The longest specimen of A. bella measured by M.A. Smith (1943) was a male with a total length of 81 cm which included a tail 12.5 cm long.

Reproduction
A. bella is oviparous.

Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.
 * Archelaphe bella bella (Stanley, 1917)
 * Archelaphe bella chapaensis (Bourret, 1934)

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Archelaphe.