Sakashima Green Snake | |
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Scientific classification | |
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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Synonyms [2] | |
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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. [1]
The specific name, herminae, is in honor of Boettger's wife, Hermine Boettger. [3]
P. herminae is found in the Yaeyama Islands of Japan. [1]
The preferred natural habitat of P. herminae is forest. [1]
P. herminae may attain a total length of 58 cm (23 in), which includes a tail about 11 cm (4.3 in) long. [4]
P. herminae is terrestrial. [1]
P. herminae preys upon earthworms. [1]
P. herminae is oviparous. [2] 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. [1]
Sakashima Green Snake | |
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Scientific 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 [2] | |
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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. [1]
The specific name, herminae, is in honor of Boettger's wife, Hermine Boettger. [3]
P. herminae is found in the Yaeyama Islands of Japan. [1]
The preferred natural habitat of P. herminae is forest. [1]
P. herminae may attain a total length of 58 cm (23 in), which includes a tail about 11 cm (4.3 in) long. [4]
P. herminae is terrestrial. [1]
P. herminae preys upon earthworms. [1]
P. herminae is oviparous. [2] 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. [1]