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.
This article uses material from Wikipedia released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike Licence 3.0. Eventual photos shown in this page may or may not be from Wikipedia, please see the license details for photos in photo by-lines.
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