Boiga dendrophila

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iGold-ringed Cat Snake

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Boiga
Species:	B. dendrophila

Binomial name

Boiga dendrophila
(Boie, 1827)

The Gold-ringed Cat Snake or Mangrove Snake Boiga dendrophila is a species of snake that belongs to the genus of Boiga. The average size of an adult mangrove snake is about two and a half meters, or about eight feet. It is venomous, but its venom is mild and usually only causes humans some pain and discomfort.

1 Distribution
2 Races
3 Habitat
4 Food
5 External links
6 References

[edit] Distribution

Indonesia (Bangka, Belitung, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, Riau Archipelago, Sumatra);
India
W Malaysia (Malaya; Johor; Pulau Sibu); Singapore; Thailand; Vietnam, Philippine Islands (Panay)

[edit] Races

occidentalis: Indonesia (Babi, Batu Archipelago, Nias, Sumatra)
annectens: Indonesia (Kalimantan); Brunei Darussalam; Malaysia (East Malaysia).
dendrophila: Indonesia (Java).
divergens: Philippine Islands (Luzon, Polillo)
gemmicincta: Indonesia (Sulawesi).
latifasciata: Philippine Islands (Mindanao)
levitoni: Panay (and probably other islands of the West Visayas region)
melanota: S Thailand, West Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia (Sumatra)
multicincta: Philippine Islands (Balabac, Palawan)

[edit] Habitat

The mangrove snake lives in lowland rainforests and mangrove swamps in Southeast Asia.

[edit] Food

The mangrove snake eats reptiles, birds, and small mammals.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

Boie, F. 1827 Bemerkungen über Merrem's Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien, 1. Lieferung: Ophidier. Isis van Oken, Jena, 20: 508-566.
Brongersma,L.D. 1934 Contributions to Indo-Australian herpetology. Zool. Med. 17: 161-251
Ryabov, Sergei A. and Nikolai L. Orlov. 2002 Breeding of Black Mangrove Snake Boiga dendrophila gemmicincta (Duméril, Bibron et Duméril, 1854) (Serpentes: ColubridaColubrinae) from Sulawesi Island (Indonesia). Russ. J. Herpetol. 9 (1): 77-79