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Ptyas multicincta (ROUX, 1907)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Many-banded Green Snake, North China Green Snake
Chinese: 横纹翠青蛇 
SynonymAblabes multicinctus ROUX 1907
Ablabes retrofasciatus ANGEL 1920 (fide SMITH 1943)
Zamenis moi SMITH 1921 (fide SMITH 1943)
Zamenis moi — PARKER 1925: 303
Ablabes multicinctus bicolor ANGEL 1929 (fide SMITH 1943)
Liopeltis sinii FAN 1931
Liopeltis multicinctus — ANGEL & BOURRET 1933
Liopeltis major bicolor — BOURRET 1935: 7
Liopeltis major multicinctus — BOURRET 1935: 8
Liopeltis major multicinctus — BOURRET 1936
Opheodrys multicinctus — SMITH 1943: 179
Liopeltis major multicinctus — DEUVE 1961: 21
Eurypholis multicinctus — POPE 1936
Entechinus multicinctus — CUNDALL 1981
Liopeltis multicinctus — WELCH 1988
Entechinus multicinctus — WELCH 1988
Cyclophiops multicinctus — ZHAO & ADLER 1993
Cyclophiops multicinctus — ZIEGLER 2002: 224
Cyclophiops multicinctus — NGUYEN et al. 2009
Cyclophiops multicinctus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 203
Ptyas multicinctus — FIGUEROA et al. 2016
Cyclophiops multicinctus — HAUSER 2018
Cyclophiops multicinctus — ZUKLIN et al. 2021
Cyclophiops multicinctus — WANG et al. 2022 
DistributionChina (Hainan, Guangxi, S Yunnan, Guangdong),
Laos, Vietnam (Hoa Binh), Thailand (Uttaradit)

Type locality: Tonkin, N Vietnam.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MHNN (Neuchâtel), (but unlocated fide NGUYEN et al. 2009) 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1940 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentBehavior: diurnal.

Habitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
References
  • Bourret, R. 1936. Les Serpents de l'Indochine, vol. 2. Imprimerie Henri Basuyau & Cie, Toulouse.
  • Bourret,R. 1935. Notes herpétologiques sur l'Indochine Française X. Les serpents de la station d’altitude du Tam-dao. Bull. Gen. Instr. Pub. Hanoi 8 (avril): 259-271 (1-13)
  • Fan, TSANG-HOW. 1931. Preliminary report of reptiles from Yashan, Kwangsi, China. Bull. Dept. Biol. Coll. Sci. Sun Yatsen Univ., Canton, 11 (4): 1-154 - get paper here
  • Figueroa A, McKelvy AD, Grismer LL, Bell CD, Lailvaux SP 2016. A Species-Level Phylogeny of Extant Snakes with Description of a New Colubrid Subfamily and Genus. PLoS One 11 (9): e0161070.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161070 - get paper here
  • Harrington, Sean M; Jordyn M de Haan, Lindsey Shapiro, Sara Ruane 2018. Habits and characteristics of arboreal snakes worldwide: arboreality constrains body size but does not affect lineage diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 125 (1): 61–71 - get paper here
  • Hauser, S. 2018. Addition of Liopeltis frenatus (Günther, 1858) and Cyclophiops multicinctus (Roux, 1907) to the herpetofauna of Thailand (Squamata: Colubridae). Tropical Natural History 18 (1): 54–67 - get paper here
  • Hecht, Vera L.; Cuong T. Pham, Tao T. Nguyen, Truong Q. Nguyen, Michael Bonkowski & Thomas Ziegler 2013. First report on the herpetofauna of Tay Yen Tu Nature Reserve, northeastern Vietnam. Biodiversity Journal 4 (4): 507–552
  • Luu, V. Q., Dinh, T. S., Lo, O. V., Nguyen, T. Q. and Ziegler, T. 2020. New records and an updated list of reptiles from Ba Vi National Park, Vietnam. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 69: 1-9.
  • Nguyen, S.V., Ho, C.T. and Nguyen, T.Q. 2009. Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 768 pp.
  • Nguyen, Truong Quang; Tan Van Nguyen, Cuong The Pham, An Vinh Ong & Thomas Ziegler 2018. New records of snakes (Squamata: Serpentes) from Hoa Binh Province, northwestern Vietnam. Bonn zoological Bulletin 67 (1): 15–24 - get paper here
  • Parker,H.W. 1925. A collection of reptiles and batrachians from Tonkin. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 15: 300-306 - get paper here
  • Pham AV, Ziegler T, Nguyen TQ 2020. New records and an updated checklist of snakes from Son La Province, Vietnam. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e52779 - get paper here
  • Pham, Anh Van; Son Lan Hung Nguyen, Truong Quang Nguyen 2014. New records of snakes (Squamata: Serpentes) from Son La Province, Vietnam. Herpetology Notes 7: 771-777 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Roux, JEAN. 1907. Diagnosen neuer Reptilien aus Asien und Amerika. Zool. Anz. 31 (24): 762-765. - get paper here
  • Schätti, B. 1985. Catalogue des types et des exemplaires figurés du Musée d’Histoire Naturelle de Neuchâtel - II. Ophidiens. Bibliotheques et Muses de la Ville de Neuchatel, 1985: 98-108.
  • Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.
  • Thinh, Bui Bao; <br>Trinh Thi Hong; <br>Hoang Ngoc Thao; Bui Bao Thien 2018. Initial building the sample sets of amphibians and reptiles in the Hong Duc University (Viet Nam). Постулат. 2018. No12 УДК 597.6 + 598.1 - 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, 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
  • XIAO Zhi LI Zhen-Chang QING Ning 2010. Discovery of Cyclophiops multicinctus in Guangdong Province. Chinese J. Zool. - 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.
  • Ziegler, T & Nguyen, QT 2015. Neues von den Forschungs- und Naturschutzprojekten in Vietnam und Laos. Zeitschrift des Kölner Zoos 2015 (2): 79-
  • Ziegler, T. 2002. Die Amphibien und Reptilien eines Tieflandfeuchtwald-Schutzgebietes in Vietnam. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 342 pp. - get paper here
  • Ziegler, T., RAUHAUS, A., TRAN, T.D., PHAM, C.T., VAN SCHINGEN, M., DANG, P.H., LE, M.D. & NGUYEN, T.Q. 2015. Die Amphibien- und Reptilienfauna der Me-Linh-Biodiversitätsstation in Nordvietnam. Sauria 37 (4): 11-44 - get paper here
  • Ziegler, Thomas; Dao Thi Anh Tran, Truong Quang Nguyen, Ronith Gila Bina Perl, Lea Wirk, Magdalena Kulisch, Tanja Lehmann, Anna Rauhaus, Tao Thien Nguyen, Quyet Khac Le and Thanh Ngoc Vu. 2014. New amphibian and reptile records from Ha Giang Province, northern Vietnam. Herpetology Notes 7: 185-201 - get paper here
  • ZIEGLER, THOMAS; RALF HENDRIX, VU NGOC THANH, MARTINA VOGT, BERNHARD FORSTER & DANG NGOC KIEN 2007. The diversity of a snake community in a karst forest ecosystem in the central Truong Son, Vietnam, with an identification key. Zootaxa 1493: 1-40 - get paper here
  • Zuklin, Tomas; Nathanael Maury, Saly Sitthivong, Thong Van Pham, Olivier Le Duc, Cedric Bordes, Benjamin Leprince, Charlotte Ducotterd, Lo Van Oanh, Phimphasone Vilay, Vinh Quang Luu, Luca Luiselli 2021. The «Empty Forest Syndrome» and the Herpetofaunal Communities in Laos (South-Eastern Asia). Russian Journal of Herpetology 28 (6): 333-347 - get paper here
 
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