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Ptyas nigromarginata (BLYTH, 1855)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Green Rat Snake, Black-bordered Rat Snake
G: Grüne Gekielte Rattennatter
Chinese: 黑线乌梢蛇 
SynonymColuber nigromarginatus BLYTH 1855
Zaocys nigromarginatus — GÜNTHER 1864
Zaocys nigromarginatus — BOULENGER 1893: 376
Zaocys nigromarginatus — WALL 1908: 325
Zaocys dhumnades nigromarginatus — ANGEL & BOURRET 1933
Zaocys nigromarginatus — SMITH 1943: 165
Zaocys nigromarginatus — SWAN & LEVITON 1962: 116
Coluber nigromarginatus — DAS 1996: 58
Ptyas nigromarginata — DAVID & DAS 2004
Zaocys nigromarginatus — SHARMA 2004
Ptyas nigromarginata — WHITAKER & CAPTAIN 2004
Ptyas nigromarginatus — PYRON & BURBRINK 2013
Ptyas nigromarginata — WALLACH et al. 2014: 617 
DistributionNepal, India (Darjelling, Sikkim, Assam ?, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland), N Myanmar (= Burma), N Vietnam (Lao Cai Province, Lang Son, Ha Tay, Kon Tum Province, Ha Giang), Thailand (Nan), Bhutan, Bangladesh,
China (Guizhou, Yunnan, SW Sichuan, SE Xizang = Tibet), elevation 500-2290 m, Laos

Type locality: Vicinity of Darjeeling, India  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZSI 7343 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy: Lazell et al. (1991) and Lazell (1998) formally synonymized Ptyas and Coluber but at least the latter doesn’t explicitely mention Ptyas nigromarginatus.

Similar species: juveniles are strikingly similar to the juveniles of the species P. dhumnades.

Distribution: Reports from Afghanistan are most likely in error (Vogel & Hauser 2013). These authors listed many localities. 
References
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  • Bai, Linzhuang and Kai Wang. 2015. Ptyas nigromarginata (green ratsnake) diet. Herpetological Review 46 (3): 453 - get paper here
  • Bauer A M; Gunther R 1992. A preliminary report on the reptile fauna of the Kingdom of Bhutan with the description of a new species of scincid lizard (Reptilia: Scincidae). Asiatic Herpetological Research 4: 23-36 - get paper here
  • Bhupathy, S., Ramesh Kumar, S., Paramanandham, J., Thirumalainathan, P. and Pranjit Kumar Sarma 2013. Conservation of reptiles in Nagaland, India. In: K. K. Singh et al. (editors), Bioresources and Traditional Knowledge of Northeast India, Mizo Post-Graduate Science Society, pp. 181-186
  • Blyth, EDWARD. 1855. Notices and descriptions of various reptiles, new or little known [part 2]. J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 23 (3): 287-302 [1854] - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here
  • BRAKELS, PETER; CUONG KHAC DO & TAN VAN NGUYEN. 2021. PTYAS NIGROMARGINATA (Green Rat Snake). DIET. Herpetological Review 52 (1): 169–170. - get paper here
  • Das, I. 2012. A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of South-East Asia: Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali. Oxford J, ohn Beaufoy Publishing - get paper here
  • David, P. & I. Das 2004. On the grammar of the gender of Ptyas Fitzinger, 1843 (Serpentes: Colubridae). Hamadryad 28 (1&2): 113-116 - get paper here
  • Dowling, H.G., & Jenner, J.V. 1988. Snakes of Burma: checklist of reported species and bibliography. Smithsonian Herp. Inf. Serv. (76): 19 pp. - get paper here
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  • 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
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  • VOGEL, Gernot and Sjon HAUSER 2013. Addition of Ptyas nigromarginata (Blyth, 1854) (Squamata: Colubridae) to the Snake Fauna of Thailand with Preliminary Remarks on Its Distribution. Asian Herpetological Research 4 (3): 166–181 - get paper here
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