Ptyas dhumnades (CANTOR, 1842)
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Ptyas dhumnades
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | Chinese: 乌梢蛇 |
| Synonym | Coluber dhumnades CANTOR 1842: 483 Ablabes vittatus DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 326 Coryphodon carinatus GÜNTHER 1858: 112 Zaocys dhumnades — COPE 1860 Zaocys dhumnades — GÜNTHER 1864: 256 Zaocys dhumnades — BOULENGER 1893: 375 Zaocys dhumnades — STEJNEGER 1907: 352 Zaocys oshimai STEJNEGER 1926: 88 Zaocys dhumnades montanus POPE 1928: 2 Zaocys nigromarginatus montanus — MELL 1931 [1929] Zaocys dhumnades dhumnades — POPE 1935: 208 Zaocys dhumnades montanus — POPE 1935: 210 Zaocys dhumnades — MEHRTENS 1987: 207 Coluber dhumnades — LAZELL et al. 1991 Ptyas dhumnades — DAVID & VOGEL 1996 (by implication) Zaocys dhumnades — ZHAO 2006 Ptyas dhumnades — NGUYEN et al. 2009 Ptyas dhumnades — WALLACH et al. 2014: 615 Ptyas dhumnades — WANG et al. 2022 Ptyas dhumnades — DUBOIS & DAVID 2026 |
| Distribution | S China (from Guangdong north to Hebei and west to Gansu; Chekiang, Jiangxi, Anhwei, Kiangsu, Fujian, Yunnan), Laos, Vietnam, Taiwan Type locality: Chusan, Zhejiang, China [= Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China] |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.14.89 (now lost according to Nguyen et al. 2009: 335), designated by Boulenger (1893: 376) using the term ‘Type’, which constitutes a valid designation under ICZN Article 74.5. Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.14.89 [carinatus] Holotype: AMNH 34334, from ‘Ch’ungan Hsien, northwest Fukien Province, China’ [now Chong’an County, Fujian Province, China[montanus] Holotype: USNM 52267 [Zaocys oshimai] Holotype: MNHN-RA 0.3388 [vittatus] |
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| Comment | Synonymy partly after STEJNEGER 1907. Günther (1858: 112) proposed the new nomen Coryphodon carinatus for this species, and mentioned the nomen Coluber dhumnades as its unique synonym. He thus established a new replacement name (nomen novum) for the latter nomen. According to Article 72.7 of the Code, both nominal species have the same name-bearing type, in this case the lectotype from Chusan designated by Boulenger (1893). Type species: Coluber dhumnades CANTOR 1842: 483 is the type species of the genus Zaocys COPE 1861: 563.. |
| Etymology | STEJNEGER (1907) speculates that CANTOR might have meant to indicate a snake that is like his Coluber dhumna (= Coluber mucosus), the name of which in Hindu is said to be “dhamin”. The genus name Zaocys stems from “za” (za), a Greek prefix meaning “very”, and “okus” (okus) = “swift”. |
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