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Species of snake

Sakashima Green Snake
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Ptyas
Species: P. herminae
Binomial name
Ptyas herminae
(Boettger, 1895)
Synonyms
  • Ablabes herminae
    Boettger, 1895
  • Liopeltis herminae
    — Stejneger, 1907
  • Entichinus herminae
    — Cundall, 1981
  • Opheodrys herminae
    — ,
  • Eurypholis herminae
    — ,
  • Cyclophiops herminae
    — Toriba, 1989
  • Ptyas herminae
    — Figueroa et al., 2016

The Sakishima green snake (Ptyas herminae) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Yaeyama Islands in the southern Ryukyu Islands of Japan.

Etymology

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

Geographic range

P. herminae is found in the Yaeyama Islands of Japan.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. herminae is forest.

Description

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

Behavior

P. herminae is terrestrial.

Diet

P. herminae preys upon earthworms.

Reproduction

P. herminae is oviparous. An adult female may lay a clutch of about eight eggs in August, which is later than other species of terrestrial snakes lay eggs in the Ryukyus.

References

  1. ^ Kidera, N.; Ota, H. (2017). "Ptyas herminae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T96251357A96251360. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T96251357A96251360.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ Ptyas herminae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (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).
  • Figueroa A, McKelvy AD, Grismer LL, Bell CD, Lailvaux SP (2016). "A Species-Level Phylogeny of Extant Snakes with Description of a new Colubrid Subfamily and Genus". PLoS ONE 11 (9): e0161070. (Ptyas herminae, new combination).
  • 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).


Taxon identifiers
Cyclophiops herminae
Ablabes herminae


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