Ptyas
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Ptyas is a genus of colubrid snakes.[1] 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.[2][3]
Species
13 species are recognized:[1]
- Ptyas carinata (Günther, 1858) – keeled rat snake
- Ptyas dhumnades (Cantor, 1842) – Cantor's rat snake[4][5]
- Ptyas dipsas (Schlegel, 1837) – Sulawesi black racer
- Ptyas doriae Boulenger, 1888 – Doria's green snake
- Ptyas fusca (Günther, 1858) – white-bellied rat snake, brown rat snake
- Ptyas herminae (Boettger, 1895) – Sakishima green snake
- Ptyas korros (Schlegel, 1837) – Chinese ratsnake, Indo-Chinese ratsnake
- Ptyas luzonensis (Günther, 1873) – smooth-scaled mountain rat snake
- Ptyas major (Günther, 1858) – Chinese green snake
- Ptyas mucosa (Linnaeus, 1758) – Oriental rat snake, Indian rat snake
- Ptyas multicincta (Roux, 1907) – many-banded green snake, North China green snake
- Ptyas nigromarginata (Blyth, 1854) – green rat snake, black-bordered rat snake
- Ptyas semicarinata (Hallowell, 1861) – Ryukyu green snake
References
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Further reading
- Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Braumüller & Seidel. Vienna. 106 pp. + indices. (Ptyas, p. 26.)