Ptyas mucosus
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Ptyas mucosa |
Dhaman or Oriental Ratsnake Ptyas mucosus is a species of snake. Distribution: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, China (Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan, Tibet, Hong Kong), India (Maharashtra (Pune (=Poona) district, Nasrapur), Karnataka (Castle Rock) ), Andamans, Sri Lanka, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java), Iran, Laos, West Malaysia, Nepal, Myanmar Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, (former) U.S.S.R., Vietnam
Race maximus: Sri Lanka
Type locality: India
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[edit] Description
Description from Boulenger's Fauna of British India: Reptilia and Batrachia volume of 1890:
Snout obtuse, slightly projecting; eye large; rostral a little broader than deep, visible from above; suture between the inter-naeals shorter than that between the prefrontals ; frontal as long as its distance from tho end of the snout, as long as the parietals or slightly shorter; usually three loreals; one large preocular, with a small subocular below ; two postoculars: temporals 2+2; 8 upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye; 5 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than the posterior; the latter in contact anteriorly. Scales more or less strongly keeled on the posterior part of the back, in 17 rows. Ventrals 190-208; anal divided; subcaudals 95-135. Brown above, frequently with more or less distinct black cross-bands on the posterior part of the body and on the tail; young usually with light cross-bands on the front half of the body. Lower surface yellowish; the posterior ventral and the caudal shields may be edged with black.
[edit] Gallery
Indian Rat Snake Ptyas mucosus Family Colubridae, Serpentes
 Head. |
 Head with open mouth. |
 Top view of head. |
 View of temporals. |
 Underside of head. |
 Belly of snake. |
 Body & scales. |
 Body & scales. |
 Body & scales. |
 Long tail of Rat Snake. |
 Temporals indicated. |
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[edit] References
- Günther, A. 1898 Notes on Indian snakes in captivity. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 1: 30
- Lazell,J.D. 1998 Morphology and the status of the snake genus "Ptyas". Herpetological Review 29 (3): 134
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