Ptyas mucosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Hakim, Jonathan, Trageser, Scott J., Ghose, Animesh, Rashid, Sheikh Muhammad Abdur & Rahman, Shahriar Caesar, 2020, Amphibians and reptiles from Lawachara National Park in Bangladesh, Check List 16 (5), pp. 1239-1268 : 1260

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15560/16.5.1239
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5470230
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/121B3629-FFD1-FF94-FC91-F786A2F6FD36
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Ptyas mucosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
status

Treatment

Material examined. BANGLADESH • 1 juvenile; Sylhet Division, Moulvibazar District, Kamalganj Upazila , LNP; near student dormitory; 24°19.33′N, 091°48.98′E; 14 Jul. 2011; 17:00; photo voucher ZRC ( IMG) 3.371 GoogleMaps .

Identification. Ptyas mucosa is a large, brownish rat snake with black edging the scales of the hind body. It is differentiated from P. korros by the dark bands on the posterior portion of its body, strong black lines between the subcaudals, and lack of a dark ring around the pupil ( Whitaker and Captain 2008). Vouchered specimen had eight supralabials ( IV and V contacting orbit), three loreals, one preocular, one presubocular, two postoculars, and temporals 2+2.

Habitat. In LNP we found this species in degraded forest, tea plantation, and village habitat.