Radiated ratsnake

Coelognathus radiatus, commonly known as the radiated ratsnake, copperhead rat snake, or copper-headed trinket snake, is a nonvenomous species of colubrid snake.

Temperament
These snakes are usually defensive in nature which makes it hard to catch or control them.

Common names

 * German: Strahlennatter
 * English:
 * Copperhead racer
 * Copperhead rat snake
 * Radiated rat snake
 * Copper-headed trinket snake
 * Thai: งูทางมะพร้าว, ngu taang mapao
 * Myanmar: ငန်းစောင်း
 * Laos:ງູສາ
 * Malay: Ular Rusuk Kerbau
 * Bengali (Bangladesh): দুধরাজ (Dudhraj), আরবালি সাপ (Arbali sap)

Distribution

 * Indonesia (Sumatra, Bangka, Borneo/Kalimantan, Java), Bali
 * Malaysia and Brunei (Malaya and East Malaysia); Borneo,
 * Singapore Island,
 * Burma (Myanmar),
 * Thailand (including Phuket), Koh Phangan


 * Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam,
 * Japan (Ryukyu Islands),
 * India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh (Miao - Changlang district, Chessa, Chimpu, Itanagar - Papum Pare district) [A. Captain, pers. comm.]),
 * Bangladesh, Nepal,
 * South China (Fujian, Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hong Kong),
 * Nepal

Type locality: Java