Ptyas mucosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Jablonski, Daniel, Regan, John M., Holzheuser, Chace, Farooqi, Javeed, Basit, Abdul & Masroor, Rafaqat, 2019, Additional data to the herpetofauna of Afghanistan, Herpetozoa 32, pp. 177-193 : 177

Ptyas mucosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution in Afghanistan.

This species is known from several scattered records across the country (provinces Badghis, Faryab, Herat, Kabul, Kandahar, Logar, Nuristan, Wardak; Wagner et al. 2016). Wagner et al. (2016) mentioned a record from locality " Kamu (13325-26) " (p. 511) but did not present georeferenced data. The coordinates should be 35.4002N, 71.4239E, Nuristan Prov.

Our records.

Camp Dubs - Kabul, Kabul (13 October 2010), one adult individual ( Fig. 9D ) found 50 m outside the barrier of the camp in the bushy habitat.

Remarks.

Wagner et al. (2016) presented the species occurrence in Kabul and its vicinity. Therefore, we did not map this record. The observation is correctly mentioned in Regan (2017) on pp. 42-43.

Figures

Figure 9. Observed species of Colubridae and Viperidae families from Afghanistan: A - adult individual of Hemorrhois ravergieri from Jurm, Badakhshan (photo by Glyn Morris); B - subadult individual of Platyceps rhodorachis from Kandahar, Air Base, Kandahar; C - subadult individual of P. rhodorachis (striped phenotype) from Camp Mike Spann Chapel, Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh; D - adult individual of Ptyas mucosa from Camp Dubs - Kabul, Kabul; E - subadult individual of Spalerosophis diadema from Camp Dubs - Kabul, Kabul; F - subadult individual of S. diadema from Spin Boldak, Kandahar (photo by Ron Savage); G, H - subadult and adult individual of Echis carinatus from Kandahar, Air Base, Kandahar.