Ptyas Herminae
The Sakishima green snake (''Ptyas herminae'') is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Yaeyama Islands in the southern Ryukyu Islands of Japan. Etymology The specific name, ''herminae'', is in honor of Boettger's wife, Hermine Boettger. Geographic range ''P. herminae'' is found in the Yaeyama Islands of Japan. Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''P. herminae'' is forest. Description ''P. herminae'' may attain a total length of , which includes a tail about long.Boulenger (1896). Behavior ''P. herminae'' is terrestrial. Diet ''P. herminae'' preys upon earthworms. Reproduction ''P. herminae'' is oviparous. An adult female may lay a clutch A clutch is a mechanical device that engages and disengages power transmission, especially from a drive shaft to a driven shaft. In the simplest application, clutches connect and disconnect two rotating shafts (drive shafts or line shafts). ... of about eight eggs in August, which is lat ...
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Oskar Boettger
Oskar Boettger (german: Böttger; 31 March 1844 – 25 September 1910) was a German zoologist who was a native of Frankfurt am Main. He was an uncle of the noted malacologist Caesar Rudolf Boettger (1888–1976). From 1863 to 1866 he studied at the Bergakademie Freiberg, then worked for a year in a chemical factory in Frankfurt am Main."Boettger, Oskar"
p. 410. In: (1955). '' Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 2''. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. . (in German). In 1869 he received his doctorate from the . The following year (1870), he became a