Ptyas dhumnades (CANTOR, 1842)
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Ptyas dhumnades
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | Chinese: 乌梢蛇 |
| Synonym | Coluber 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 1925 Zaocys dhumnades montanus POPE 1928 Zaocys nigromarginatus montanus — MELL 1931 [1929] 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 |
| Distribution | S China (from Guangdong north to Hebei and west to Gansu; Chekiang, Jiangxi, Anhwei, Kiangsu, Fujian, Yunnan), Vietnam, Taiwan |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Type: BMNH 1946.1.14.89 (and possibly additional specimens). Holotype: USNM 52267 [Zaocys oshimai] |
| Diagnosis | |
| Comment | Synonymy partly after STEJNEGER 1907. |
| Etymology | Cantor 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”. |
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