Ptyas carinata

Keeled Rat Snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Ptyas
Species: P. carinatus
Binomial name
Ptyas carinatus
(Günther, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Zaocys (Zapyrus) carinatus - Boettger 1887
  • Zaocys tenasserimensis - Sclater 1891
  • Zaocys carinatus — Boulenger 1893
  • Ptyas carinatus — Wall 1923
  • Zaocys carinatus — M.A. Smith 1943
  • Zaocys carinatus — Grandison 1978
  • Ptyas carinatus — David & Vogel 1996
  • Zaocys carinatus — Manthey & Grossmann 1997
  • Ptyas carinatus — Cox et al. 1998
  • Zaocys carinatus — Grismer et al. 2002
  • Zaocys carinatus — Rooijen & Rooijen 2002
  • Ptyas carinatus — Malkmus et al. 2002
  • Ptyas carinata — David & Das 2004

Commonly known as the keeled rat snake,[2][3] Ptyas carinata is a species of colubrid snake. It is found in Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam and Singapore.[4]

References

  1. Wogan, G., Chan-Ard, T., Nguyen, T.Q., Diesmos, A.C. & Auliya, M. (2012). "Ptyas carinata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 13 Aug 2014.
  2. "Ptyas carinata (Günther, 1858)". ubio.org. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. "Ptyas carinata". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  4. Ptyas carinata at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 August 2014.

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