Ptyas dhumnades

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

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

Ptyas dhumnades (Cantor, 1842)

Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.14.89, ♂, collected by T.E. Cantor between July 1840–March 1841 (via British East India Company). [designated by Boulenger (1893: 376), lost fide Nguyen et al. (2009: 335)]
Type locality: “Chusan” via lectotype selection.

Ablabes vittatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 326
Coryphodon carinatus Günther, 1858 [substitute name for Coluber dhumnades Cantor, 1842]
Zaocys oshimai Stejneger, 1925
Zaocys dhumnades montanus Pope, 1928: 2

Cantor, T.E. 1842. General features of Chusan, with remarks on the flora and fauna of that island. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (New Series) v. 9 (nos 58, 59, 60): 265–278, 361–370, 481–493. BHL Reference page.
Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) Volume I. Containing the families Typhlopidæ, Glauconiidæ, Boidæ, Ilysiidæ, Uropeltidæ, Xenopeltidæ, and Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. British Museum (Natural History): London. xiv + 448 pp. BHL Reference page.
Pope, C.H. 1928. Four new snakes and a new lizard from South China. American Museum Novitates 325: 1–4. hdl: 2246/3716 Reference page.

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. hdl: 10125/1402 Reference page.

Ren, J.-L., Li, P., Zhou, Z., Ji, X., Li, C., Ding, L. & Qi, S. 2024. IUCN: Ptyas dhumnades (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024: e.T192126A213607910. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T192126A213607910.en. Accessed on 18 May 2026.