Ptyas major

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota 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 Superclassis*: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

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

Ptyas major (Günther, 1858)

Cyclophis major Günther, 1858: 120 [original combination]
Ablabes major — Boettger, 1894: 140 [subsequent combination]
Entechinus major — Cope, 1895 [subsequent combination]
Liopeltis major — Stejneger, 1907: 338 [subsequent combination]
Eurypholis major — Pope, 1935: 281 [subsequent combination]
Opheodrys major — Schmidt & Necker, 1936: 64 [subsequent combination]
Cyclophiops major — Ota, 1991 [subsequent combination]
Ptyas major — Figueroa, KcKelvy, Grismer, Bell & Lailvaux, 2016: 21 [subsequent combination, by implication]

Herpetodryas chloris Hallowell, 1861: 503
- Holotype: USNM 7335, collected by Mr. Brooke in May 1854.
- Type locality: “Hong Kong Island”.
Liopeltis major bicarinata Maki, 1931: 110
- Holotype: KUM H02569 (formerly No. b), adult ♂, collected by M. Maki on 25 July 1928.
- Type locality: “Daibuzan (at an altitude of about 1,500m)”.

Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History): London. xvi + 281 pp. BHL Reference page.
Hallowell, E. [1860] 1861. Report upon the Reptilia of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under command of Capt. John Rogers, U. S. N. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 480–510. BHL Reference page.
Stejneger, L.H. 1907. Herpetology of Japan and adjacent territory. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 58: xx + 1–577, 35 pls. BHL Reference page.
Pope, C.H. 1935. The reptiles of China: turtles, crocodilians, snakes, lizards. American Museum of Natural History: New York. lii + 604 pp., 27 pls. BHL Reference page.
Maki, M. 1931. A Monograph of the Snakes of Japan. Dai-ichi Shobo: Tokyo. 240 pp. Reference page.
Schmidt, K.P. & Necker, W.L. 1936. The Scientific Name of the American Smooth Green Snake. Herpetologica 1(1): 63–64. JSTOR
Figueiroa, A., McKelvy, A.D., Grismer, L.L., Bell, C.D. & Lailvaux, S.P. 2016. A Species-Level Phylogeny of Extant Snakes with Description of a New Colubrid Subfamily and Genus. PLoS ONE 11(9): e0161070. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161070 Reference page.

Ziegler, Thomas; Annemarie Ohler; Vu Ngoc Thanh; Le Khac Quyet; Nguyen Xuan Thuan; Dinh Huy Tri & Bui Ngoc Thanh 2006. Review of the amphibian and reptile diversity of Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park and adjacent areas, central Truong Son, Vietnam. Herpetologica Bonnensis II: 247–262.

China Snakes Working Group. 2014. IUCN: Ptyas major (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T192054A2033832. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T192054A2033832.en. Accessed on 02 June 2023.