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Zaocys
''Ptyas'' is a genus of colubrid snakes. This genus is one of several colubrid genera colloquially called "rat snakes" or "ratsnakes". The generic name derives from Ancient Greek πτυάς, meaning " spitter", which referred to a kind of snake believed to spit venom in the eyes of humans, although in reality none of the ''Ptyas'' are known to spit venom. Species 13 species are recognized: * ''Ptyas carinata'' ( Günther, 1858) – king korros * ''Ptyas dhumnades'' (Cantor, 1842) – Cantor's rat snake * ''Ptyas dipsas'' (Schlegel, 1837) * ''Ptyas doriae'' Boulenger, 1888 – Doria's green snake * ''Ptyas fusca'' (Günther, 1858) * ''Ptyas herminae'' ( Boettger, 1895) – Sakishima green snake * ''Ptyas korros'' (Schlegel, 1837) – Chinese ratsnake, Indo-Chinese ratsnake * ''Ptyas luzonensis'' (Günther, 1873) * ''Ptyas major'' ( Günther, 1858) – Greater green snake * ''Ptyas mucosa'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – Oriental ratsnake, ''dhaman'' * ''Ptyas multicincta'' (Roux, 1907) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptyas Carinata
''Ptyas carinata'', commonly known as the keeled rat snake, is a species of colubrid snake. It is found in Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Cambodia,India, Vietnam and Singapore. This little known species is probably the largest extant species in the diverse colubrid family that comprised just over half of living snake species. Known adult lengths of snakes of this species in Taiwan measured anywhere from . However, the maximum reportedly size was about . Males reportedly average slightly larger than females. They are probably opportunistic predators on a variety of prey, such as rodents, though adult lizards are thought to be significant prey in Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ....Huang, W. (2003). ''Reptile ecology and the evolution of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptyas Fusca
''Ptyas fusca'', commonly known as the white-bellied rat snake or brown rat snake, is a species of Colubridae, colubrid snake. It is found in Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore. The white-bellied rat snake prefers forested habitats. They are known to prey on frogs and lizards and fish. It is known to remain still and hold neck erect when disturbed-a threatening posture. The adults range from brown to brick-red colour on the upper surface. Ventral scales are white to pale yellowish in colour. Thick black stripes on either side of the posterior body and tail is a characteristic feature. Juveniles often greenish in coloration. The pupil is rounded and large. References External links Photo by Hock Ping GUEK - Selangor, MalaysiaPhoto by Paul - Maliau Basin, Sabah, Malaysia Colubrids Reptiles of Thailand Reptiles of Indonesia Reptiles of Malaysia Reptiles of Brunei Taxa named by Albert Günther Reptiles described in 1858 Reptiles of Borneo {{Colubrids-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptyas Nigromarginata
''Ptyas nigromarginata'', commonly known as the green rat snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Asia. www.reptile-database.org. Geographic range ''P. nigromarginata'' is found in Bhutan, Nepal, India (Darjeeling, Sikkim, Assam), Northern Bangladesh, northern Myanmar (= Burma), Nagaland, China (Guizhou, Yunnan, southwestern Sichuan, southeastern Xizang Tibet, and possibly northern Vietnam. Description A large snake, ''P. nigromarginata'' may attain a total length of , which includes a tail long. Dorsally, it is green, with each dorsal scale edged in black. The top of the head is brownish. In adults, there are four broad black stripes on the posterior third of the body and on the tail. In juveniles the stripes extend the full length of the body and tail. Ventrally, it is greenish white. Smith MA (1943). ''The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptyas Dhumnades
''Ptyas'' is a genus of colubrid snakes. This genus is one of several colubrid genera colloquially called "rat snakes" or "ratsnakes". The generic name derives from Ancient Greek πτυάς, meaning " spitter", which referred to a kind of snake believed to spit venom in the eyes of humans, although in reality none of the ''Ptyas'' are known to spit venom. Species 13 species are recognized: * ''Ptyas carinata'' ( Günther, 1858) – king korros * '' Ptyas dhumnades'' (Cantor, 1842) – Cantor's rat snake * ''Ptyas dipsas'' (Schlegel, 1837) * ''Ptyas doriae'' Boulenger, 1888 – Doria's green snake * ''Ptyas fusca'' (Günther, 1858) * ''Ptyas herminae'' ( Boettger, 1895) – Sakishima green snake * '' Ptyas korros'' (Schlegel, 1837) – Chinese ratsnake, Indo-Chinese ratsnake * '' Ptyas luzonensis'' (Günther, 1873) * ''Ptyas major'' ( Günther, 1858) – Greater green snake * ''Ptyas mucosa'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – Oriental ratsnake, ''dhaman'' * ''Ptyas multicincta'' (Roux, 190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptyas Semicarinata
''Ptyas'' is a genus of colubrid snakes. This genus is one of several colubrid genera colloquially called " rat snakes" or "ratsnakes". The generic name derives from Ancient Greek πτυάς, meaning " spitter", which referred to a kind of snake believed to spit venom in the eyes of humans, although in reality none of the ''Ptyas'' are known to spit venom. Species 13 species are recognized: * ''Ptyas carinata'' ( Günther, 1858) – king korros * '' Ptyas dhumnades'' ( Cantor, 1842) – Cantor's rat snake * '' Ptyas dipsas'' ( Schlegel, 1837) * '' Ptyas doriae'' Boulenger, 1888 – Doria's green snake * '' Ptyas fusca'' (Günther, 1858) * ''Ptyas herminae'' ( Boettger, 1895) – Sakishima green snake * ''Ptyas korros'' (Schlegel, 1837) – Chinese ratsnake, Indo-Chinese ratsnake * '' Ptyas luzonensis'' (Günther, 1873) * ''Ptyas major'' ( Günther, 1858) – Greater green snake * '' Ptyas mucosa'' ( Linnaeus, 1758) – Oriental ratsnake, ''dhaman'' * ''Ptyas multicincta' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptyas Multicincta
''Ptyas'' is a genus of colubrid snakes. This genus is one of several colubrid genera colloquially called "rat snakes" or "ratsnakes". The generic name derives from Ancient Greek πτυάς, meaning " spitter", which referred to a kind of snake believed to spit venom in the eyes of humans, although in reality none of the ''Ptyas'' are known to spit venom. Species 13 species are recognized: * '' Ptyas carinata'' ( Günther, 1858) – king korros * '' Ptyas dhumnades'' (Cantor, 1842) – Cantor's rat snake * '' Ptyas dipsas'' ( Schlegel, 1837) * ''Ptyas doriae'' Boulenger, 1888 – Doria's green snake * '' Ptyas fusca'' (Günther, 1858) * ''Ptyas herminae'' ( Boettger, 1895) – Sakishima green snake * '' Ptyas korros'' (Schlegel, 1837) – Chinese ratsnake, Indo-Chinese ratsnake * '' Ptyas luzonensis'' (Günther, 1873) * '' Ptyas major'' ( Günther, 1858) – Greater green snake * '' Ptyas mucosa'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – Oriental ratsnake, ''dhaman'' * '' Ptyas multicincta'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptyas Mucosa
''Ptyas mucosa'', commonly known as the oriental ratsnake, Indian rat snake, ''darash'' or ''dhaman'', is a common non-venomous species of colubrid snake found in parts of South and Southeast Asia. Dhamans are large snakes. Typical mature total length is around though some exceed . The record length for this species was , second only to their cousin '' Ptyas carinata'' among living colubrid snakes.Auliya, M. (2010). ''Conservation Status and Impact of Trade on the Oriental Rat Snake Ptyas mucosa in Java, Indonesia''. TRAFFIC Southeast Asia. Despite their large size, oriental ratsnakes are usually quite slender with even a specimen of commonly measuring only around in diameter. Furthermore, the average weight of ratsnakes caught in Java was around , though larger males of over (which average mildly larger of the two sexes in the species) may easily weigh over . Their color varies from pale browns in dry regions to nearly black in moist forest areas. Rat snakes are diurnal, se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptyas Luzonensis
''Ptyas luzonensis'', commonly known as the smooth-scaled mountain rat snake, is a species of Rat snake in the family Colubridae. This snake lives in mountainous area but they go for streams and rivers to hunt and drink. Their favourite or common prey is mainly frogs but they also eat rodents, bats and lizards. This species of snake can attain lengths of 6 to 8 feet. Etymology The specific name, ''luzonensis'', was given in reference to Luzon, the place of its discovery. Geographic range ''Ptyas luzonensis'' is endemic to the Philippines, where it is found on the islands of Negros, Luzon, Panay Panay is the sixth-largest and fourth-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total land area of and has a total population of 4,542,926 as of 2020 census. Panay comprises 4.4 percent of the entire population of the country. The City o ... and Polillo. References Further reading * Günther, 1873 : ''Notes on some reptiles and batrachians obtained by Dr. Adolf Bernhard Mey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptyas Dipsas
''Ptyas'' is a genus of colubrid snakes. This genus is one of several colubrid genera colloquially called "rat snakes" or "ratsnakes". The generic name derives from Ancient Greek πτυάς, meaning " spitter", which referred to a kind of snake believed to spit venom in the eyes of humans, although in reality none of the ''Ptyas'' are known to spit venom. Species 13 species are recognized: * ''Ptyas carinata'' ( Günther, 1858) – king korros * '' Ptyas dhumnades'' (Cantor, 1842) – Cantor's rat snake * '' Ptyas dipsas'' (Schlegel, 1837) * ''Ptyas doriae'' Boulenger, 1888 – Doria's green snake * '' Ptyas fusca'' (Günther, 1858) * ''Ptyas herminae'' ( Boettger, 1895) – Sakishima green snake * '' Ptyas korros'' (Schlegel, 1837) – Chinese ratsnake, Indo-Chinese ratsnake * '' Ptyas luzonensis'' (Günther, 1873) * ''Ptyas major'' ( Günther, 1858) – Greater green snake * ''Ptyas mucosa'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – Oriental ratsnake, ''dhaman'' * ''Ptyas multicincta'' (Roux, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptyas Mucosus
''Ptyas mucosa'', commonly known as the oriental ratsnake, Indian rat snake, ''darash'' or ''dhaman'', is a common non-venomous species of colubrid snake found in parts of South and Southeast Asia. Dhamans are large snakes. Typical mature total length is around though some exceed . The record length for this species was , second only to their cousin '' Ptyas carinata'' among living colubrid snakes.Auliya, M. (2010). ''Conservation Status and Impact of Trade on the Oriental Rat Snake Ptyas mucosa in Java, Indonesia''. TRAFFIC Southeast Asia. Despite their large size, oriental ratsnakes are usually quite slender with even a specimen of commonly measuring only around in diameter. Furthermore, the average weight of ratsnakes caught in Java was around , though larger males of over (which average mildly larger of the two sexes in the species) may easily weigh over . Their color varies from pale browns in dry regions to nearly black in moist forest areas. Rat snakes are diurnal, semi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Günther
Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS, also Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther (3 October 1830 – 1 February 1914), was a German-born British zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. Günther is ranked the second-most productive reptile taxonomist (after George Albert Boulenger) with more than 340 reptile species described. Early life and career Günther was born in Esslingen am Neckar, Esslingen in Swabia (Württemberg). His father was a ''Stiftungs-Commissar'' in Esslingen and his mother was Eleonora Nagel. He initially schooled at the Stuttgart Gymnasium. His family wished him to train for the ministry of the Lutheran Church for which he moved to the University of Tübingen. A brother shifted from theology to medicine, and he, too, turned to science and medicine at Tübingen in 1852. His first work was "''Ueber den Puppenzustand eines Distoma''". He graduated in medicine with an M.D. from Tübingen in 1858, the same year in which he pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Green Snake
The greater green snake or Chinese green snake (''Ptyas major'') is a snake of the family Colubridae. Distribution This species can be found in Central/South China (Hainan, Henan, Gansu, Anhui, Sichuan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Zhejiang) and Hong Kong, in Taiwan, North Vietnam, Laos and Bangladesh (Sylhet, Ratargul Swamp Forest). Habits and habitat This snake is diurnal and semi-arboreal, living in humid forests and farmland. When encountered, they are mild-mannered and rarely bite. Description ''Ptyas major'' is a slender, medium-sized snake, averaging 75–90 cm (2½-3 feet) in total length, but occasionally growing to 120 cm (4 feet). Bright green above; ventral scales greenish-yellow. Dorsal scales smooth except that males have several mid-dorsal scale rows keeled. Some specimens have scattered black spots on dorsum. Dead specimens often turn bluish. Diet Earthworms, insect larvae, and other soft-bodie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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