Ptyas

Ptyas
Ptyas mucosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Ptyas
Fitzinger, 1843
Species

Several, see text

Ptyas is a genus of colubrid snakes. This genus is one of several colubrid genera colloquially called "rat snakes" or "ratsnakes".

Species

Eight species are recognized.[1]

References

  1. "Genus: Ptyas". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 20 April 2014.

Further reading


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