Species of Thailand
Green rat snake
Ptyas nigromarginata, Edward Blyth, 1854
(In Thai: งูสิงเขียว, ngu sing khiaow)
Ptyas nigromarginata, commonly known as the green rat snake, is a species of colubrid snake endemic to Asia.
Geographic range
It is found in Bhutan, Nepal, India (Darjeeling, Sikkim, Assam), Northern Bangladesh, northern Myanmar (= Burma), China (Guizhou, Yunnan, southwestern Sichuan, southeastern Xizang ), and possibly northern Vietnam.
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Site notes
A living speciemen in Thailand recorded by Sjon Hauser.
Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Subphylum
- Vertebrata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Suborder
- Serpentes
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Ptyas
- Species
- Ptyas nigromarginata
Common names
- German: Grüne Gekielte Rattennatter
- English:
- Green rat snake
- Black-bordered rat snake
- Thai: งูสิงเขียว, ngu sing khiaow
Photos

Range Map

- Bo Kluea District, Nan
- Doi Phu Kha National Park
- Pua District, Nan