Ptyas dhumnades (Cantor, 1842)

Tsai, Tein-Shun & Mao, Jean-Jay, 2017, Zavreliella undetermined, Zoological Studies 56 (38), pp. 1-23 : 15

Ptyas dhumnades

Upper body with pair(s) of dark stripes from neck to tail ( Fig. 6J ; type I) in the young, which fade on the posterior body ( Fig. 7A ; type II) in adults; sides of ventrals in adults may be gray tinted; dorsal body scales in even-numbered rows; body scales keeled around the vertebral line and the keels darkened; anal scale divided.

Figures

Fig. 6. Representative images of the dorsal head, anterior body, middle body, and posterior body of potential types of shed skins for the snake species: (A) Ovophis makazayazaya (not patterned; adult); (B) Pareas atayal (not patterned; adult); (C) P. formosensis (not patterned; adult); (D) P. komaii (not patterned; adult); (E) Plagiopholis styani (patterned; adult); (F) Protobothrops mucrosquamatus (patterned; adult); (G) Psammodynastes pulverulentus papenfussi (patterned; adult); (H) Pseudoxenodon stejnegeri stejnegeri (patterned; adult); (I) P. s. stejnegeri (not patterned; adult); (J) Ptyas dhumnades (patterned-type I; juvenile). Scale bar = 0.5 cm.

Fig. 7. Representative images of the dorsal head, anterior body, middle body, and posterior body of potential types of shed skins for the snake species: (A) Ptyas dhumnades (patterned-type II; adult); (B) P. korros (patterned; juvenile; note the faint, light scales arranged in a transverse row on the anterior body); (C) P. korros (not patterned; adult); (D) P. mucosa (patterned-type I; juvenile); (E) P. mucosa (patterned-type II; adult); (F) Python bivittatus bivittatus (patterned; adult); (G) Rhabdophis formosanus (patterned; adult); (H) R. swinhonis (patterned; adult); (I) Sibynophis chinensis chinensis (patterned; adult); (J) Sinomicrurus hatori (patterned; adult). Scale bar = 0.5 cm.