Ptyas dhumnades

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Ptyas
Species: Ptyas dhumnades

Name

Ptyas dhumnades (Cantor, 1842)

Synonyms

• Coluber dhumnades Cantor, 1842
• Ablabes vittatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 326
• Zaocys dhumnades — Cope, 1860
• Zaocys dhumnades — Günther, 1864: 256
• Zaocys dhumnades — Boulenger, 1893: 375
• Zaocys dhumnades — Stejneger, 1907: 352
• Zaocys oshimai Stejneger, 1925
• Zaocys dhumnades montanus Pope, 1928
• Coluber dhumnades — Lazell, Keirans & Samuelson, 1991
• Ptyas dhumnades — David & Vogel, 1996 (by implication)

References

• Cantor, T. 1842: General features of Chusan, with remarks on the flora and fauna of that island [part 1]. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) 9: 265–278.
• Pope, C.H. 1928: Four new snakes and a new lizard from South China. American Museum Novitates, 325: 1–4.
• Lazell, J.D., Keirans, J.E. & Samuelson, G.A. 1991. The Sulawesi black racer, Coluber (Ptyas) dipsas, and a remarkable ectoparasitic aggregation. Pacific Science 45(4): 355–361. hdl: 10125/1402 Reference page. 
• Ptyas dhumnades at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 nov 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Dhumna Rat Snake