Boiga ceylonensis

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Sri Lanka Cat Snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Colubridae Genus: Boiga Species: B. ceylonensis
Binomial name
Boiga ceylonensis (Günther, 1858)

Sri Lanka Cat Snake, Boiga ceylonensis, is a species of snake found in Sri Lanka and India (W Ghats, Maharashtra (Koyna)).

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[edit] References

• Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
• Günther, A. 1858 Catalogue of Colubrine snakes of the British Museum. London, I - XVI, 1 - 281
• Wall, FRANK 1921 Ophidia Taprobanica or the Snakes of Ceylon. Colombo Mus. (H. R. Cottle, govt. printer), Colombo. xxii, 581 pages