Hardwicke's rat snake

Hardwicke's rat snake
Platyceps ventromaculatus, juvenile
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Platyceps
Species:
P. ventromaculatus
Binomial name
Platyceps ventromaculatus
(Gray, 1834)
Synonyms
  • Coluber ventromaculatus
    Gray, 1834
  • Zamenis ventrimaculatus [sic]
    — Günther, 1859
  • Coluber ventrimaculatus
    — Corkill, 1932
  • Coluber ventromaculatus
    — Haas, 1957
  • Platyceps ventromaculatus
    — Schätti & Monsch, 2004
  • Argyrogena ventromaculatus
    — Sharma, 2004
  • Platyceps ventromaculatus
    — Nagy et al., 2004

Hardwicke's rat snake (Platyceps ventromaculatus), also known commonly as the glossy-bellied racer, Gray's rat snake, and the spotted bellied snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Asia. There are three recognized subspecies.

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