Sakashima green snake

The Sakashima green snake, (Ptyas herminae)[2] is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Japan.

Sakashima Green Snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Ptyas
Species:
P. herminae
Binomial name
Ptyas herminae
(Boettger, 1895)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ablabes herminae
    Boettger, 1895
  • Liopeltis herminae
    — Stejneger, 1907
  • Entichinus herminae
    — Cundall, 1981
  • Opheodrys herminae
    — ,
  • Eurypholis herminae
    — ,
  • Cyclophiops herminae
    — Toriba, 1989

Etymology

The specific name, herminae, is in honor of Boettger's wife, Hermine Boettger.[3]

Geographic range

Ptyas herminae is found in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.[1]

Description

Ptyas herminae may attain a total length of 58 cm (23 in), which includes a tail about 11 cm (4.3 in) long.[4]

Reproduction

Ptyas herminae is oviparous.[1]

References
  1. "Ptyas herminae ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. Kidera, N. & Ota, H. 2017. Cyclophiops herminae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T96251357A96251360. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T96251357A96251360.en. Downloaded on 24 December 2018.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael;Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cyclophiops herminae, p. 122).
  4. Boulenger (1896).

Further reading
  • Boettger O (1895). "Neue Frösche und Schlangen von den Liukiu-Inseln ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 18: 266–270. (Ablabes herminae, new species, p. 269). (in German).
  • Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates IXXV. ("Ablabes herminæ", p. 643).
  • Goris, Richard C; Maeda, Norio (2004). Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Japan. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 285 pp. ISBN 978-1575240855.
  • Stejneger L (1907). Herpetology of Japan and Adjacent Territory. United States National Museum Bulletin 58. Washington, District of Columbia: Smithsonian Institution. xx + 577 pp. (Liopeltis herminæ, new combination, pp. 343–344, Figures 296-297).


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