
Ptyas fusca, commonly known as the white-bellied rat snake or brown rat snake, is a species of colubrid snake. It is found in Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Brown Rat Snake being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Chironius fuscus
- Ptyas carinata
- Dendrelaphis grandoculis
- Dendrophidion percarinatum
- Chironius grandisquamis
- Chironius flavopictus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Ptyas
- Species
- Ptyas fusca
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