Biology:Sakashima green snake
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Short description: Species of snake
| Sakashima Green Snake | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Ptyas |
| Species: | P. herminae
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| Binomial name | |
| Ptyas herminae (Boettger, 1895)
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The Sakashima green snake, (Ptyas herminae)[2] is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Japan .
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ptyas herminae ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 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).
Wikidata ☰ Q3008562 entry
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