Ptyas

Ptyas is a genus of colubrid snakes. This genus is one of several colubrid genera colloquially called "rat snakes" or "ratsnakes".

Species

13 species are recognized.^[1]

Ptyas carinata (Günther, 1858) – king korros
Ptyas dhumnades (Cantor, 1842) – Cantor's rat snake^[2]^[3]
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 multicinctus (Roux, 1907) – Many-banded green snake, North China green snake
Ptyas nigromarginata (Blyth, 1854) – green ratsnake
Ptyas semicarinatus (Hallowell, 1861) – Ryukyu green snake

^ "Genus: Ptyas". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
^ David, P.; Vogel, G. (1996). The Snakes of Sumatra: An Annotated Checklist and Key with Natural History Notes. Edition Chimaira. Ed. Chimaira. p. 104. ISBN 978-3-930612-08-6. Retrieved 10 June 2019. Coluber dhumnades Cantor, 1842 by original designation. Was synonymised with Ptyas by Wall (1923b) and Taylor (1965).
^ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-4214-0227-7. Retrieved 10 June 2019.