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Ptyas mucosa, commonly known as the Oriental rat snake, [2] dhaman or Indian rat snake, [4] is a common non-venomous species of colubrid snake found in parts of South and Southeast Asia. Dhamans are large snakes. Typical mature total length is around 1.5 to 1.95 m (4 ft 11 in to 6 ft 5 in) though some exceed 2 m (6 ft 7 in).
Ptyas is a genus of colubrid snakes. [1] This genus is one of several colubrid genera colloquially called " rat snakes " or "ratsnakes" . The generic name derives from Ancient Greek πτυάς, meaning " spitter ", which referred to a kind of snake believed to spit venom in the eyes of humans, although in reality none of the Ptyas are known to ...
The park is home to the rare monocled cobra, and three of the Big Four - Indian cobra, Russell's viper, and common krait. In all, Kaziranga is home to 15 species of turtles, including the endemic Assam roofed turtle, and to one species of tortoise - the brown tortoise. A regional lizard species is also found in Kaziranga - the Assam garden lizard.
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Ptyas luzonensis is endemic to the Philippine islands of Luzon, Pollilo, Catanduanes, Leyte, Panay, and Negros. [2] It inhabits lowland tropical forests but can also tolerate a wide variety of habitats. It frequents the forest floor during daytime and prefers vegetation and plant branches near bodies of water at night. [4] [6]
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Ptyas carinata, commonly known as the keeled rat snake, [2] [3] is a species of colubrid snake. It is found in Indonesia , Myanmar , Malaysia , Thailand , Philippines , Cambodia , India , Vietnam , Laos and Singapore . [ 4 ]
Snout obtuse, projecting; eye very large. Rostral visible from above; internasals shorter than the prefrontals; frontal as long as its distance from the tip of the snout or a little longer, as long as the parietals; two or three loreals; a large preocular, sometimes touching the frontal; a small subocular below; two postoculars; temporals 2 + 2; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering ...