
Ptyas mucosa
Oriental Rat Snake
As recorded: Ptyas mucosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Animalia › Chordata › Squamata › Colubridae
- Collected by
- E R Easton & S ChanSow-Yan Chan →E.R. Easton →
- Collector number
- Collector Number: #2
- Locality
- Taipa Hill
- Island
- Taipa Island
- Region
- China
- Coordinates
- 22.1500, 113.6000
- Identified by
- C H Kishinami, Jan 2013heemstra ret 29 Jan →Carla H. Kishinami →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Ptyas mucosa observed near this locality
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 24 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-04-27.

2026-04-27
松山市政公園, 澳門, MO
(c) Paul Lam, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-04-16
中国广东省珠海市香洲区
(c) 刘昭宇, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-04-10
澳門粵華中學
(c) Miles 小智, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-03-28
中国广东省珠海市
(c) Haocong_Cat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-03-28
中国广东省珠海市
(c) 刘昭宇, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-03-12
Grand Taipa Hiking Trail, Taipa, MO
(c) AlixF, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Ptyas mucosa. BPBM 11673. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 1090182494. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/herp/11673.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 1090182494 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
