Ptyas dipsas

Ptyas dipsas

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 dipsas

Name

Ptyas dipsas (Schlegel, 1837)

• Holotype: MNHN-RA-0.7313, ♂, collected by J.R.C. Quoy and J.P. Gaimard in 1828.
• Type locality: “Célèbe” [=Sulawesi], Indonesia.

Combinations

• Herpetodryas dipsas Schlegel, 1837: 197 [original combination]
• Ahaetulla dipsas — Peters & Doria, 1878 [subsequent combination]
• Zamenis dipsas — Boulenger, 1893 [subsequent combination]
• Ptyas dipsas — Haas, 1950 [subsequent combination]
• Coluber dipsas — Lazell, Keirans & Samuelson, 1991 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Leptophis olivaceus — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 547 [nomen novum pro Herpetodryas dipsas Schlegel, 1837]

References

Primary references

• Schlegel, H. 1837. Essai sur la physionomie des serpens. Partie Descriptive. Volume 2. M.H. Schonekat: Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 606 pp. BHL Reference page.  
• Duméril, A.M.C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A.H.A. 1854. Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Premiére partie, comprenant l'histoire des serpents venimeux. Librarie encyclopédique de Roret: Paris, France. i-xvi + 1–780 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. 
• Pinou,T. & Dowling, H.G. 2000. “Coluber” versus “Ptyas”: a regrettable tangle of names. Herpetological Review 31(3): 136–138.

Links

• Gillespie, G. 2021. IUCN: Ptyas dipsas  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T177553A123635113. DOI: 0.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T177553A123635113.en. Accessed on 14 January 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Sulawesi Black Racer