Boiga dightoni

Boiga dightoni
Tamil Nadu, 2016
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Boiga
Species:
B. dightoni
Binomial name
Boiga dightoni
(Boulenger, 1894)
Synonyms[2]
  • Dipsas dightoni
    Boulenger, 1894
  • Dipsadomorphus dightonii
    — Boulenger, 1896
  • Boiga dightoni
    — M.A. Smith, 1943

Boiga dightoni, commonly known as Dighton's catsnake, the Pirmad cat snake, and the Travancore cat snake,[3][4] is a species of rear-fanged mildly venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Western Ghats of India.

  1. ^ Srinivasulu C, Srinivasulu B, Deepak V, Mohapatra P, Vijayakumar SP (2013). "Boiga dightoni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172674A1364625.en. Accessed on 19 Aug 2022.
  2. ^ Species Boiga dightoni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ Das I (2002). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-056-5. (Boiga dightoni, p. 22).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference EDR was invoked but never defined (see the help page).