Ptyas herminae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Ptyas
Species: Ptyas herminae

Name

Ptyas herminae (Boettger, 1895)

• Type locality: “Liukiu-Inseln, angeblich von Yaeyama auf Mijakoshima, Südgruppe”.
• Etymology: Named after Oskar Boettger’s wife Hermine Boettger.

Synonyms

• Ablabes herminae Boettger, 1895: 269
• Ablabes herminae — Boulenger, 1896: 643
• Liopeltis herminae — Stejneger, 1907: 343
• Entechinus herminae — Cundall, 1981
• Liopeltis herminae — Welch, 1988
• Entechinus herminae — Welch, 1988
• Cyclophiops herminae — Toriba, 1989
• Cyclophiops herminae — Matsui, 1996
• Cyclophiops herminae — Ota, 2000

References

• Boettger, O. 1895. Neue Frösche und Schlangen von den Liukiu-Inseln. Zool. Anz. 18: 266–270.
• Stejneger, Leonhard H. 1907. Herpetology of Japan and adjacent territory. Bull. US. Natl. Mus., Washington, 58: 1–577.
• Ota, H. 2000. Current status of the threatened amphibians and reptiles of Japan. Popul. Ecol. 42: 5–9.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Ptyas herminae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 April 2020.
• Kidera, N. & Ota, H. 2017. IUCN: Ptyas herminae  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T96251357A96251360.en. Accessed on 19 December 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Sakishima Green Snake
日本語: サキシマアオヘビ