- Boiga trigonata
Taxobox | name = Indian Gamma Snake
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Reptilia
ordo =Squamata
subordo =Serpentes
familia =Colubridae
genus = "Boiga "
species = "B. trigonata"
binomial = "Boiga trigonata"
binomial_authority = (Schneider, 1802)The Indian Gamma Snake or Common Cat Snake ("Boiga trigonata") is a species of
snake found inSouth Asia .Description
:"See
snake scales for terms used"Anterior palatine and mandibular teeth scarcely larger than the posterior. Eye as long as its distance from the nostril; rostral broader than deep; internasals shorter than, the prefrontals; frontal longer than its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals; loreals as long as deep or deeper than long; one preocular, not extending to the upper surface of the head; two postoculars; temporals 2+3; upper labials 8, third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye; 4 or 5 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are about as long as the posterior. Body moderately compressed; scales in 21 (rarely 19) rows, disposed obliquely, vertebrals very feebly enlarged. Ventrals 229-269; anal entire; subcaudals 79-92; Yellowish olive or pale grey above, with a white black-edged zigzag band along the back; head with two brown bands edged with black, diverging posteriorly; belly white, with or without a series of small brown spots along each side. Total length 3 feet: tail 7 inches. [Boulenger, G. A. 1890. Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.]Type locality: Perso-Baluchistan frontier
Distribution
It is distributed throughout
Sri Lanka ,India ,Pakistan ,Nepal ,Bangladesh ,Afghanistan (Leviton 1959: 461), STurkmenistan , SUzbekistan , SETajikistan , andIran . The race "melanocephala" is found in Pakistan; this form is variously considered as a subspecies, color variant, or full species.Notes
References
* Annandale, N. 1904 Additions to the Collection of Oriental Snakes in the Indian Museum J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 73: 207-211
* Bechstein, J. M. 1802 Herrn de Lacépède's Naturgeschichte der Amphibien oder der eyerlegenden vierfüssigen Thiere und der Schlangen. Eine Fortsetzung von Buffon's Naturgeschichte aus dem Französischen übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen und Zusätzen versehen. Weimar: Industrie Comptoir
* Gans C. and Latifi, M. 1973 Another case of presumptive mimicry in snakes. Copeia 1973: 801-802.External links
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