Boiga cynodon

Boiga cynodon
dog-toothed cat snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Boiga
Species: B. cynodon
Binomial name
Boiga cynodon
(Boie, 1827)
Synonyms

Dipsas cynodon Boie, 1827
Opetiodon cynodon Duméril & Bibron, 1854
Eudipsas cynodon Günther, 1858
Dipsadomorphus cynodon Boulenger, 1896

The dog-toothed cat snake (Boiga cynodon) is a nocturnal species of rear-fanged colubrid snake.

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Description

It is a large snake, reaching 2 m (6½ feet) in total length.[1]

Diet

It feeds mainly upon small birds but may also take lizards and small mammals.

Geographic range

  • Indonesia (Bali, Bangka, Belitung, Borneo, Flores, Java, Kalimantan, Mentawai Archipelago, Nias, Riau Archipelago, Sumatra, Sumbawa);
  • Malaysia (Malaya and East Malaysia); Pulau Tioman,
  • Philippine Islands (Basilan, Culion, Dinagat, Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao, Palawan, Polillo, Sibutu, Panay); Sulu Archipelago,
  • Singapore, India (Assam), Bangladesh, Myanmar (= Burma), Thailand, Cambodia, Laos

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References

  1. ^ Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) Vol. III. London. pp. 78-80.
  • Boie, F. 1827 Bemerkungen über Merrem's Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien, 1. Lieferung: Ophidier. Isis van Oken, Jena, 20: 508-566.
  • Bulian, J. 2005 Boiga cynodon - die Grüne Nachtbaumnatter. Reptilia (Münster) 10 (1): 70-77


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