Ptyas mucosa

Ptyas mucosa

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 mucosa

Name

Ptyas mucosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Holotype: NHRM Lin- 61 (formerly MAFR), via Mus. Drottn.
• Type locality: “Indiis”.

Combinations

• Coluber mucosus Linnaeus, 1758: 226 [original combination]
• Natrix mucosa — Laurenti, 1768 [subsequent combination]
• Ptyas mucosus — Cope, 1860 [subsequent combination]
• Zamenis mucosus — Boulenger, 1890 [subsequent combination]
• Zaocys mucosus — Wall, 1914 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Coluber blumenbachii Merrem, 1820: 119
• Coluber dhumna Cantor, 1839
• Leptophis trifrenatus Hallowell, 1860: 503
• Coryphodon blumenbachi carinata Jan, 1867
• Ptyas mucosus pallidus Dábreu, 1918
• Ptyas mucosus nigriceps Terentjev & Chernov, 1949
• Ptyas mucosus maximus Deraniyagala, 1955

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Wogan, G., Srinivasulu, C., Srinivasulu, B., Papenfuss, T., Shafiei Bafti, S., Orlov, N.L., Ananjeva, N.B., Deepak, V., Borkin, L., Milto, K., Golynsky, E., Rustamov, A, Munkhbayar, K., Nuridjanov, D., Dujsebayeva, T., Shestopal, A., Sawant, N.S., Achyuthan, N.S., Vyas, R., Shankar, G., Das, A., Mohapatra, P., Thakur, S. & Kulkarni, N.U. 2021. IUCN: Ptyas mucosa  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T164644A1063584. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T164644A1063584.en. Accessed on 21 November 2025.

Vernacular names

• বাংলা: দেশি দাঁড়াশ, ধামন
• Deutsch: Gebänderte Rattenschlange, Asiatische Rattenschlange
• English: Oriental Ratsnake
• Bahasa Indonesia: Bandotan Macan
• 日本語: ナンダ
• Jawa: Dumung
• lietuvių: didžiaakis žaltys
• मराठी: धामण
• русский: Большеглазый полоз
• සිංහල: ගැරඩියා
• தமிழ்: சாரைப்பாம்பு
• українська: Птиас звичайний
• Tiếng Việt: Rắn hổ trâu
• 粵語: 滑鼠蛇
• 中文: 滑鼠蛇