Ptyas mucosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, Zootaxa 5287 (1), pp. 1-378 : 270

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:78E23714-8973-4755-BC94-0A751D7D2B37

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7968278

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/88502B73-FE97-B97B-FF6B-478F7D630A58

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Ptyas mucosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
status

 

Ptyas mucosa (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL — Erroneous.

Oriental Rat Snake

Singapore records.

Zamenis mucosus — Boulenger, 1893: 386.— Flower, 1896: 882.—Ridley, 1899: 208.— de Rooij, 1917: 98.

Ptyas mucosus — Davison, 1892: 89.—Sworder, 1923: 63.— de Haas, 1950: 547.—F.L.K. Lim & Lee, 1989: 44, 115.—K.K.P. Lim & L.M. Chou, 1990: 54.—K.K.P. Lim & F.L.K. Lim, 1992: 145.— L.M. Chou et al., 1994: 105.— Manthey & Grossmann, 1997: 386.—N. Baker & K.P. Lim, 2008: 169.— Das, 2010: 299.—Wallach et al., 2014: 617.

Ptyas mucosa View in CoL — Auliya, 2010: 6.—N. Baker & K.P. Lim, 2012: 169.— Das, 2012a: 64.— de Lang, 2017: 191.— Das, 2018: 76.

Remarks. Boulenger (1893) examined a specimen collected in Singapore by Dennys. However, at an earlier date, Blanford (1881) confirmed that the specimen was collected in Hong Kong. For some unknown reason, Boulenger (1893) changed the locality, but since the species is known not to occur in Singapore, we side with Blanford (1881). Tweedie (1953) removed it from the list for Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore; however, P. mucosa was still included in subsequent checklists, although some listed it as doubtful (e.g., Lim & Chou 1990; Baker & Lim 2012). Three specimens at ANSP, CAS, and SMNS have not been referenced before. Specimen ANSP-15627 was probably sent to the Philadelphia Zoo, where Brown worked, or the specimen was sent to Philadelphia Zoo from elsewhere but transited through Singapore. Specimen CAS 8557 is dated 1907 and SMNS 6015 is from 1981. The distribution of P. mucosa covers an expansive distance, which includes Turkmenistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, northern Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, and Bali (Wallach et al. 2014).

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. Singapore (no locality): BMNH 1880.9.10.1 (no date).

Additional Singapore museum specimens. Singapore (no locality): ANSP, CAS, SMNS.

Subfamily Natricinae Bonaparte, 1838 (4 species)

Genus Amphiesma Duméril & Bibron, 1854 (1 species)

ANSP

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Colubridae

Genus

Ptyas

Loc

Ptyas mucosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P. 2023
2023
Loc

Ptyas mucosa

Das, I. 2018: 76
de Lang, R. 2017: 191
Das, I. 2012: 64
Auliya, M. 2010: 6
2010
Loc

Zamenis mucosus

de Rooij, N. 1917: 98
Flower, S. S. 1896: 882
Boulenger, G. A. 1893: 386
1893
Loc

Ptyas mucosus

Das, I. 2010: 299
Manthey, U. & Grossmann, W. 1997: 386
Chou L. M. & Ng, P. K. L. & Lim, K. K. P. 1994: 105
Lim, K. K. P. & Lim, F. L. K. 1992: 145
de Haas, C. P. J. 1950: 547
Davison, W. 1892: 89
1892
GBIF Dataset (for parent article) Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF