Sakishima green snake

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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]

Phylum:Chordata
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Colubridae
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Sakashima Green Snake
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Ptyas
Species:
P. herminae
Binomial name
Ptyas herminae
(Boettger, 1895)
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Conservation status

These snakes were listed as Near Threatened on the revised 2000 Red List of Japan,[3] but this was changed to Least Concern in a 2016 assessment.[4]

Etymology

The specific name, herminae, is in honor of Boettger's wife, Hermine Boettger.[5]

Geographic range

P. herminae is found in the Yaeyama Islands of Japan.[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. herminae is forest.[1]

Description

P. herminae may attain a total length of 58 cm (23 in), which includes a tail about 11 cm (4.3 in) long.[6] They have a pointed snout,[5] and their scales are arranged in 17 rows, and they have 17 teeth in the upper jaw, of almost equal size.[7]

Behavior

P. herminae is terrestrial.[1]

Diet

Eating a worm

P. herminae preys upon earthworms.[1]

Reproduction

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]

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