- Boiga multifasciata
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many-banded tree snake Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Colubridae Subfamily: Colubrinae Genus: Boiga Species: B. multifasciata Binomial name Boiga multifasciata
(Blyth, 1861)Synonyms Dipsas multifasciata Blyth, 1861
Dipsadomorphus multifasciatus Boulenger, 1896The many-banded tree snake, Boiga multifasciata, is a species of rear-fanged colubrid.
Description
Dorsally it is grayish with oblique black cross-bars, and has a series of whitish spots along the vertebral line. On the head it has a pair of black streaks from the prefrontals to the occiput, another black streak from the eye to the commissure of the jaws, and another along the nape. The upper labials are black-edged. Ventrally it is spotted or checkered with dark brown or black. Adults are about 875 mm (34½ in.) in total length.[1]
Geographic range
It is found in India (Sikkim), Nepal and Bhutan.
References
- ^ Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Vol. III. London.
- Whitaker, Romulus and Ashok Captain 2004 Snakes of India. Draco Books, 500 pp.
- Blyth,E. 1861 Proceedings of the Society. Report of the Curator. J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal xxix [1860]: 98, 107-111
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