Boiga forsteni

Boiga forsteni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Boiga
Species:
B. forsteni
Binomial name
Boiga forsteni
Synonyms[2]
  • Triglyphodon forsteni
    A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron &
    A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
  • Dipsas forsteni
    Jan, 1863
  • Dipsadomorphus forsteni
    Boulenger, 1896
  • Boiga forsteni
    M.A. Smith, 1943

Boiga forsteni, also known commonly as Forsten's cat snake, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South Asia.[3]

Forsten's cat snake in Dang, India
  1. ^ Mohapatra, P.; Srinivasulu, C.; Suraj, M.; Wickramasinghe, L.J.M.; Ganesh, S.R. (2021). "Boiga forsteni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T176621A1441864. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T176621A1441864.en. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  2. ^ Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia, Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 593 pp. (Boiga forsteni, pp. 358-359).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference RDB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).