Ptyas
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Ptyas Fitzinger, 1843[1] |
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Several, see text |
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Ptyas is a genus of colubrid snakes. This genus is one of several colubrid genera colloquially called "rat snakes" or "ratsnakes".
[edit] Species
Eight species are recognized.[2][3]
- Ptyas carinata (Günther, 1858) – king korros
- Ptyas dhumnades (Cantor, 1842)
- Ptyas dipsas (Schlegel, 1837)
- Ptyas fusca (Günther, 1858)
- Ptyas korros (Schlegel, 1837) – Chinese ratsnake, Indo-Chinese ratsnake
- Ptyas luzonensis (Günther, 1873)
- Ptyas mucosa (Linnaeus, 1758) – Oriental ratsnake, Dhaman
- Ptyas nigromarginatus (Blyth, 1854) – green ratsnake
[edit] References
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