What Is The Scientific Name Of Dhaman? (ANSWERS)
SCIENTIFIC NAME OF DHAMAN – In this topic, we are going to know and identify the binomial or scientific name of dhaman.
Also known as oriental ratsnake, Indian rat snake, or darash, it is a colubrid snake in portion of South and Southeast Asia.
Other names include the following:
- Assamese
- Bairokh (বাইৰখ)
- Bengali
- Darash (দাড়াশ)
- Dharaj (ধারাজ)
- Kannada
- Jerothana (ಜೇರೋತನ)
- Malayalam
- Chera (ചേര)
- Manja Chera (മഞ്ഞ ചേര)
- Marathi
- Dhaaman (धामण)
- Odiya
- Dhamanaa Saap (ଢମଣା ସାପ)
- Sinhala
- Geradiya (ගැරඩියා)
- Tamil
- Saarai Pambu (சாரை பாம்பு)
- Telugu
- Jerripothu (జెర్రిపోతు)
- Jerri Goddu (జెర్రి గొడ్డు)
- Thai
- ngu sing hang lai (งูสิงหางลาย)
- Nepali
- Dhaman (धामन)
- Konkani
- deevod (दिवड | दिवोड)
By colubrid, it means that the snake belongs to the largest snake family Colubridae.
The dhaman is a large snake which has a total length of 1.5 to 1.95 meters. It is second in size to the keeled rat snake (Binomial name: Pytas carinata). Despite its size, the creature is quite slender.
Answer
The binomial name of dhaman is Ptyas mucosa.
Ptyas is a genus of the colubrid snake family Colubridae. It simply means “rat snakes” or “ratsnakes“.
The species name mucosa is a modern Latin feminine term of mucosus, which means “slimy”.
