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title: "Big-Eyed Ratsnake"
description: "Ptyas dhumnades — Rettili. Ptyas dhumnades, commonly known as big-eyed rat snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/big-eyed-ratsnake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Big-Eyed Ratsnake

> Ptyas dhumnades — Rettili. Ptyas dhumnades, commonly known as big-eyed rat snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Ptyas dhumnades*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 976
- Wikidata: [Q669504](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q669504)
- iNaturalist taxon: [28872](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/28872)

## Names

- en: Big-Eyed Ratsnake

## Countries with the most observations

TW (590), CN (328)

## Summary

Ptyas dhumnades, commonly known as big-eyed rat snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. It is found in China, Vietnam, and Taiwan.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptyas_dhumnades

## Photo

![Big-Eyed Ratsnake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/big-eyed-ratsnake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Paul Bernstorff Ehrman · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/289251227

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/big-eyed-ratsnake?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).