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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: 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 
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. 
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.
  • Nguyen, S. N., Vo, B. D., Orlov, N. L., Phan, K. D., Van Le, M., Nguyen, L. T., ... & Che, J. 2024. A new species of green rat snake (Squamata: Colubridae: Ptyas) from Vietnam. Zoological Research: Diversity and Conservation - get paper here
  • Nguyen, S.V., Ho, C.T. and Nguyen, T.Q. 2009. Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 768 pp.
  • Pope, CLIFFORD H. 1935. The Reptiles of China. Turtes, Crocodilians, Snakes, Lizards. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., New York, Nat. Hist. Central Asia, 10: lii, 1-604 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Stejneger, L. 1925. Chinese amphibians and reptiles in the United States National Museum. Proc. US Natl. Mus. 66 (2562): 1-115. - get paper here
  • Stejneger, LEONHARD H. 1907. Herpetology of Japan and adjacent territory. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 58: xx, 1-577 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
  • Wang K, Lyu ZT, Wang J, Qi S, Che J 2022. Updated Checklist and Zoogeographic Division of the Reptilian Fauna of Yunnan Province, China. Biodiversity Science 30 (4): 21326, 1–31 - get paper here
  • Wang, C. G. M. Z. X., Jia, S. Y. K. T. L., & Hu, C. Z. J. 2022. An updated species checklist of amphibians and reptiles in Fujian Province, China. Biodiversity Science, 22090 - get paper here
  • Wang, Kai; Jinlong Ren, Hongman Chen, Zhitong Lyu, Xianguang Guo Ke Jiang, Jinmin Chen, Jiatang Li, Peng Guo, Yingyong Wang, Jing Che 2020. The updated checklists of amphibians and reptiles of China. Biodiversity Science 28 (2): 189-218 - get paper here
  • Zhao, E.M. 2006. The snakes of China [in Chinese]. Hefei, China, Anhui Sience & Technology Publ. House, Vol. I, 372 pp., Vol. II (color plates), 280 pp.
  • Zhao,E. & Adler,K. 1993. Herpetology of China. SSAR, Oxford/Ohio, 1-522
 
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