Doria's green snake

Doria's green snake (Ptyas doriae) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Asia.^[2]

Doria's green snake
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Ptyas
Species:	P. doriae
Binomial name
Ptyas doriae Boulenger, 1888
Synonyms[2]
Cyclophiops doriae Boulenger, 1888 Ablabes doriae — Boulenger, 1890 Liopeltis doriae — Wall, 1924 Eurypholis doriae — Pope, 1935 Entechinus doriae — Cundall, 1981 Cyclophiops doriae — Zhao & Adler, 1993 Ophiodrys [sic] doriae — Das, 1996 Opheodrys doriae — Sharma, 2004 Ptyas doriae — Figueroa et al., 2016

Etymology

The specific name, doriae, is in honor of Italian naturalist Giacomo Doria.^[3]

Geographic range

P. doriae is found in southwestern China (Yunnan), northeastern India (Assam), and northern Myanmar (Kachin Hills).^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of P. doriae are forest, shrubland, and grassland, at altitudes of 600–1,780 m (1,970–5,840 ft).^[1]

Description

P. doriae may attain a total length of 91 cm (36 in), which includes a tail 21 cm (8.3 in) long. It is greenish dorsally, and whitish ventrally. The upper lip is also whitish. The dorsal scales are smooth, without apical pits, and arranged in 15 rows throughout the length of the body.^[4]

Behavior

P. doriae is diurnal^[1] and partly arboreal.^[2]

Reproduction

P. doriae is oviparous.^[2]

References

1. Wogan G, Vogel G (2021). "Ptyas doriae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T192213A2056524.en. Accessed on 12 September 2021.
2. Ptyas doriae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cyclophiops doriae, p. 75).
4. Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Opheodrys doriae, p. 181).

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1888). "An Account of the Reptilia obtained in Burma, north of Tenasserim, by M[onsieur]. L. Fea, of the Genova Civic Museum". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie Seconda 6 (26): 593-604 + Plates V-VII. (Cyclophiops doriae, new species, p. 599 + Plate VI, figures 1, 1a, 1b).
• Boulenger GA (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Ablabes doriæ, new combination, pp. 306–307).
• Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Ablabes doriæ, pp. 279–280).
• Sharma RC (2003). Handbook: Indian Snakes. Kolkata: Zoological Survey of India. 292 pp. ISBN 978-8181711694. (Opheodrys doriae).