Boiga forsteni

Boiga forsteni

Taxobox | name = Forsten's Cat Snake
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Colubridae
genus = "Boiga"
species = "B. forsteni"
binomial = "Boiga forsteni"
binomial_authority = (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

Forsten's Cat Snake ("Boiga forsteni") is a species of snake found in Nepal, Sri Lanka, and India (Sikkim, Maharashtra).

Description

:"See snake scales for terms used"The anterior palatine and mandibular teeth are considerably larger than the others. The eye is about as long as its distance from the nostril.

The rostral scale is broader than it is deep and the inter-nasals are much shorter than the pre-frontals. The frontal is nearly as long as its distance from the end of the snout, which is shorter than the parietal scales. The loreal is square or deeper than it is long. There is one pre-ocular scale, extending to the upper surface of the head, and two or three post-oculars. The temporal scales are very small and numerous. There are eight to eleven upper lip scales, with the third, fourth and fifth, or the fourth fifth and sixth entering the eye. There are three or four lower lip scales, in contact with the anterior chin shields, which are about as long as the posterior. The ventral scales are 259 to 270, the anal entire and the subcaudal 106 to 131.

The body is compressed, with the scales in 25 or 27 rows, disposed obliquely, and the vertebral row is feebly enlarged. It is brown above, with more or less regular angular black crossbars, with or without white spots between them. There is a black band from the frontal shield to the nape and another on each side behind the eye. The lower parts are white, uniform or spotted with brown. The total length is four feet and ten inches (254 mm) , and the tail is one foot long. [Boulenger, G. A. 1890. Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.]

Notes

References

* Anderson, J., 1871 On some Indian reptiles. Proc. Zool. Soc., London: 149-211
* Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
* Duméril, A. M. C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A. H. A., 1854 Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Deuxième partie, comprenant l'histoire des serpents venimeux. Paris, Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: i-xii + 781-1536

External links

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