Ptyas nigromarginatus

Ptyas nigromarginatus
Green Rat Snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Ptyas
Species: P. nigromarginatus
Binomial name
Ptyas nigromarginatus
(Blyth, 1854)

Green Rat Snake Ptyas nigromarginatus is a species of snake. Distribution: Nepal, India (Darjelling, Sikkim, Assam), N Myanmar (= Burma), N Vietnam ? China (Guizhou, Yunnan, SW Sichuan, SE Xizang = Tibet)

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References

  • Blyth, Edward. 1855 Notices and descriptions of various reptiles, new or little known [part 2]. Jour. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 23 (3): 287-302 [1854]
  • David, P. & I. Das 2004 On the grammar of the gender of Ptyas Fitzinger, 1843 (Serpentes: Colubridae). Hamadryad 28 (1&2): 113-116
  • Lazell,J.D., Keirans,J.E. & Samuelson,G.A. 1991 The Sulawesi black racer, Coluber (Ptyas) dipsas, and a remarkable ectoparasitic aggregation. Pacific Sci. 45 (4): 355-361
  • Lazell,J.D. 1998 Morphology and the status of the snake genus "Ptyas". Herpetological Review 29 (3): 134