Orthriophis is a genus with 4 species:



Orthriophis cantoris (Boulenger, 1894)

Distribution: Bhutan, India, Myanmar, and Nepal.


O. cantoris, Nepal © KDS


Orthriophis hodgsonii (Günther, 1860)

Distribution: China, India, and Nepal.


O. hodgsonii, Nepal © KDS


Orthriophis moellendorffi (Boettger, 1886)

Distribution: China and Vietnam.


O. moellendorffi China, juveniles © KDS


Orthriophis taeniurus (Cope, 1861)

Distribution: Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.


O. taeniurus yunnanensis, Tam Dao, Vietnam © KDS