Boiga ceylonensis

Sri Lanka cat snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Boiga
Species:
B. ceylonensis
Binomial name
Boiga ceylonensis
(Günther, 1858)
Synonyms

Dipsadomorphus ceylonensis Günther, 1858
Dipsas ceylonensis Günther, 1864
Dipsadomorphus ceylonensis Boulenger, 1896
Boiga ceylonensis Smith, 1943

Boiga ceylonensis (Sri Lanka cat snake) is a species of rear-fanged, mildly venomous, nocturnal, arboreal colubrid snake endemic to Sri Lanka.[2]

  1. ^ authors=Wickramasinghe, L.J.M. & Ganesh, S.R. (2021). Boiga ceylonensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/172672/1364227. Accessed on 14 March 2023.
  2. ^ Boiga ceylonensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 December 2015.