- Boiga cynodon
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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, 1896The 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
- ^ 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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