錦蛇屬（學名：Elaphe），均是無毒蛇，主要分佈於東亞。
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錦蛇棲息於山區或平地、樹林及草地。剛接觸時有些個體攻擊性很強，但很容易馴化。卵生，每年5月左右交配，夏季產卵，每次產2-13枚，約1個月孵化，溫度低時，孵化期可延長至2個半月，仔蛇全長約40公分。
錦蛇主要以蛙類、小型哺乳動物、小型鳥類或鳥蛋為食，由於牠沒有毒性，當牠捉到獵物時會以纏繞的方式將獵物勒住，使其窒息身亡，再慢慢地把獵物吞下。
該屬蛇共有17種物種：[3]
- 赤峰錦蛇 Elaphe anomala Boulenger, 1916
- 雙斑錦蛇 Elaphe bimaculata Schmidt, 1925
- 坎氏錦蛇 Elaphe cantoris Boulenger, 1894
- 王錦蛇 Elaphe carinata Günther, 1864
- 日本錦蛇 Elaphe climacophora Boie, 1826
- 團花錦蛇 Elaphe davidi Sauvage, 1884
- 白條錦蛇 Elaphe dione Pallas, 1773
- 南峰錦蛇 Elaphe hodgsoni Günther, 1860
- 百花錦蛇 Elaphe moellendorffi Boettger, 1886
- 日本四線錦蛇 Elaphe quadrivirgata Boie, 1826
- 四線錦蛇 Elaphe quatuorlineata Bonnaterre, 1790
- 東四線錦蛇 Elaphe sauromates Pallas, 1811
- 棕黑錦蛇 Elaphe schrenckii Strauch, 1873
- 黑眉錦蛇 Elaphe taeniura COPE, 1861
- 烏拉爾圖錦蛇 Elaphe urartica Jablonski, Kukushkin, Avci, Bunyatova, Ilgaz, Tuniyev & Jandzik, 2019
- 秦皇錦蛇 Elaphe xiphodonta Qi, Shi, Ma, Gao, Bu, Grismer, Li & Wang, 2021
- 若爾蓋錦蛇 Elaphe zoigeensis Huang, Ding, Burbrink, Yang, Huang, Ling, Chen & Zhang, 2012[4]
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Chen, Xin; Lemmon, Alan R.; Lemmon, Emily Moriarty; Pyron, R. Alexander; Burbrink, Frank T. Using phylogenomics to understand the link between biogeographic origins and regional diversification in ratsnakes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2017-06, 111: 206–218. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.03.017. Huang, S., Ding, L., Burbrink, F.T., Yang, J., Huang, J., Ling, C., Chen, X. & Zhang, Y. 2012. A New Species of the Genus Elaphe (Squamata: Colubridae) from Zoige County, Sichuan, China. Asian Herpetological Research. 3, 38–45. DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1245.2012.00038
