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Ptyas dhumnades (CANTOR, 1842)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesChinese: 乌梢蛇 
SynonymColuber 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 1926: 88
Zaocys dhumnades montanus POPE 1928
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 
DistributionS China (from Guangdong north to Hebei and west to Gansu; Chekiang, Jiangxi, Anhwei, Kiangsu, Fujian, Yunnan), Vietnam,
Taiwan  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesType: BMNH 1946.1.14.89 (and possibly additional specimens).
Holotype: USNM 52267 [Zaocys oshimai] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3933 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy partly after STEJNEGER 1907. 
EtymologyCantor gives an explanation of the name. The genus name stems from “za” (za), a Greek prefix meaning “very”, and “okus” (okus) = “swift”. 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”. 
References
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here
  • 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 - get paper here
  • Cope, E.D. 1861. Catalogue of the Colubrids in the museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Part 3. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 12 [1860]: 553-566 - get paper here
  • Duméril, A.M.C., G. BIBRON & A.H.A. DUMÉRIL 1854. Erpétologie générale ou Histoire Naturelle complète des Reptiles. Vol. 7 (partie 1). Paris, xvi + 780 S. - get paper here
  • Günther, A. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. London (Taylor & Francis), xxvii + 452 pp. - get paper here
  • Günther, A. 1888. On a collection of reptiles from China. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 1: 165-172 - get paper here
  • Herrmann, H-J., Kabisch, K. & Kühnel, K.-D. 1995. Amphibien- und Reptilienbeobachtungen in einigen chinesischen Großstädten. Internationales Symposium für Vivaristik 1995., Mensch-Tier-Umwelt in Lindabrunn (NÖ) Dokumentation: 24-34
  • 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
  • Mehrtens, J.M. 1987. Living snakes of the world in color. Sterling Publ. Co., hic., New York, NY: 480 pp.
  • Mell,R. 1931. List of Chinese snakes. Lingnan Sci. Jour., Canton, 8 [1929]: 199-219.
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  • Pope,C.H. 1928. Four new snakes and a new lizard from South China. American Museum Novitates 325: 1-4 - get paper here
  • Stejneger, L. 1910. The batrachians and reptiles of Formosa. Proc. US Natl. Mus. 38: 91-114 - get paper here
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