Oriental Ratsnake
Ptyas mucosa
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Ptyas
- Continents
- Asia
- Countries
- 13
- How common
- Common
About
Oriental Ratsnake (Ptyas mucosa) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India and 8 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 71 more. Common: recorded in 1315 places on iNaturalist.
Where it lives
Native range
Habitats
Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.
- Tropical Rainforest
- Tropical Moist Forest
- Tropical Lowland Forest
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Tropical Seasonal Forest
- Subtropical Forest
- Subtropical Dry Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Broadleaf Forest
- Bamboo Forest
- Coastal Forest
- Woodland
- Dry Woodland
- Scrub Forest
- Thorn Forest
- Montane Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Subalpine Forest
- Secondary Forest
- Regenerating Forest
- Forest Edges
- Forest Clearings
Related snakes
- Greater Green Snake Ptyas major
- Ryukyu Green Snake Ptyas semicarinata
- Sakishima Green Snake Ptyas herminae
- Many-banded Green Snake Ptyas multicincta
- Doria's Green Snake Ptyas doriae
- Indo-Chinese Rat Snake Ptyas korros
- Sulawesi Black Racer Ptyas dipsas
- White-bellied Rat Snake Ptyas fusca
- Black-striped Rat Snake Ptyas dhumnades
- Green Rat Snake (nigromarginata) Ptyas nigromarginata
- Smooth-scaled Mountain Rat Snake Ptyas luzonensis
- Keeled Rat Snake Ptyas carinata
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.