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Ptyas carinata

  • 1. Herpetology Division, Institute of Biodiversity Science & Sustainibility, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, California 94118 & Research Associate, Division of Amphibians & Reptiles, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.
  • 2. Department of Biology and Sam Noble Museum, University of Oklahoma, 2401 Chautauqua Ave., Norman, OK 73072 - 7029, USA & Zoology Division, National Museum of the Philippines, Rizal Park, Burgos Ave., Ermita 1000, Manila, Philippines.
  • 3. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
  • 4. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 & Zoology Division, National Museum of the Philippines, Rizal Park, Burgos Ave., Ermita 1000, Manila, Philippines.

Description

Ptyas carinata (Günther, 1858)

Keel-scaled Rat Snake

Coryphodon carinatus Günther, 1858:112.

Zaocys carinatus, Günther, 1864:156.— Taylor, 1922a:136, pl. 12, figs. 2, 4.— Leviton, 1983:202.

Ptyas carinatus, Malkmus, Manthey, Vogel, Hoffmann, and Kosuch, 2002:360.

Ptyas carinata, David and Das 2004.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:604.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— restricted to Borneo by Günther (1864:256). Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.11.35 (designated by Günther [1864:256]).

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (Map 32A [p. 143]).— Palawan.

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION (OTHER THAN PHILIPPINES).— Widely distributed throughout southeastern Asia (see Wallach, Williams, and Boundy [2014:604] for details).

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— Least Concern [2016] ver. 3.1.

Notes

Published as part of Leviton, Alan E., Siler, Cameron D., Weinell, Jeffrey L. & Brown, Rafe M., 2018, Synopsis of the Snakes of the Philippines A Synthesis of Data from Biodiversity Repositories, Field Studies, and the Literature, pp. 399-568 in Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Oxford, England) (Oxford, England) 64 (14) on page 443, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11512589

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BMNH
Material sample ID
BMNH 1946.1.11.35
Scientific name authorship
Gunther
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Squamata
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Ptyas
Species
carinata
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Ptyas carinata (Gunther, 1858) sec. Leviton, Siler, Weinell & Brown, 2018

References

  • GUNTHER, ALBERT C. L. G. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. Trustees of the British Museum, London, UK. xvi + 281 pp.
  • GUNTHER, ALBERT C. L. G. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. Robert Hardwick (for the Ray Society), London, England, UK. xxvii + 452, 26 pls.
  • TAYLOR, EDWARD H. 1922 a. The Snakes of the Philippine Islands. Bureau of Science, Manila, Philippines. 312 pp., 32 text-figs., 63 tables, 37 pls.
  • LEVITON, ALAN E. 1983. Contribution to a review of Philippine snakes, XIV. The snakes of the genera Xenopeltis, Zaocys, Psammodynastes and Myersophis. Philippine Journal of Science 112 (3 - 4 [July- December]): 195 - 223, 4 figs.