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Basic information
Ptyas mucosa
Common Rat Snake
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderSquamates
FamilyColubrids
GenusRat snakes
- Czech name
- Užovka indická
- English name
- Common Rat Snake
- Alternative names
- Ptyas velkooký, Asiatische Rattenschlange, Daraj, Dhaman, Gebänderte Rattenschlange, Indian Rat Snake, Oriental Rat Snake, Oriental Ratsnake, 滑鼠蛇
- Synonyms
- Coluber blumenbachii, Coluber dhumna, Coluber mucosus, Leptophis trifrenatus, Ptyas mucosus maximus, Ptyas mucosus nigricans
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest, Shrubland
- Microhabitat
- Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 3,700 mm
- Body mass
- max 3,248.4 g
- Offspring total length
- max 395 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 12 years
- Activity
- Cathemeral, Diurnal
- Foraging mode
- Active
Reproduction and development
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 7–40 individuals
- Sex determination
- Genetic sex determination
- Egg length
- ~65 mm
- Egg width
- ~29 mm
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 4Q9PH · COL26.9
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 18013 · dryad-v5