Table 6.

Dentition comparison of the Elaphe species and related colubrid species.

Taxon (n)	Maxillary	Blade teeth	Palatine	Pterygoid	Dentary	Reference
Elaphe
E. xiphodonta sp. nov. (1)	11/11	Y	9/9	12/12	13/13	this study
E. bimaculata (1)	19/20	N	9/10	15/16	18/19	this study
E. carinata (5)	17	N	9–11	13–16	19–21	this study
E. climacophora (2)	17	N	11	17–20	23–25	Helfenberger and Schätti 1998
E. dione (2)	16–20	N	7–9	12–13	18–23	this study
E. davidi (3)	16–17	N	9–12	12–16	16–19	Helfenberger and Schätti 1998
E. moellendorffi (2)	22–23	N	11	19–22	27–29	this study
E. schrenskii (2)	16–17	N	10–11	12–13	19–21	this study
E. taeniura (3)	17–23	N	10–11	16–19	19–23	this study
E. zoigeensis (2)	14–17	Y	10–10	10–13	16–17	this study
Euprepiophis
Eu. mandarinus (2)	16–19	Y	10–11	19–24	19–22	this study
Eu. perlaceus (2)	20–20	Y	12–12	18–21	21–22	this study
Coelognathus
C. flavolineatus (1)	23	N	11/13	25/26	27/28	this study
C. philippinus (1)	25	N	12/13	26/27	29/28	this study
C. radiatus (5)	20–23	Y	10–12	18–24	23–27	this study
Oligodon
Ol. ornatus (1)	8/8	Y	4/4	5/5	13/13	this study
Oocatochus
Oo. rufodorsatus (2)	18–19	Y	10–11	17–18	21–23	this study
Gonyosoma
G. oxycephalum (1)	23/23	N	10/10	14/13	26/26	this study
Ptyas
P. carinata (2)	24–25	Y	17–15	19–20	22	this study
P. dhumnades (1)	26	Y	21/20	23	26	this study
Dasypeltis
D. scabra (2)	7–6	N	8–9	0	3–3	Helfenberger and Schätti 1998
Thermophis
T. zhaoermii (2)	19–21	Y	12–16	18–23	21/24	this study

Abbreviations: n. number of referenced specimens (if N = 1, the dentition count are listed as: left/right; N > 1: minimum – maximum).