green cat snake | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
Genus: | Boiga |
Species: | B. cyanea |
Binomial name | |
Boiga cyanea (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) |
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Synonyms | |
Triglyphodon cyaneum Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 |
The green cat snake, Boiga cyanea, is a species of nocturnal snake found in India (Sikkim, Darjeeling, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh[ (Chessa, Van Vihar - Papum Pare district, Tippi - district ?) [A. Captain, pers. comm.], Nicobar Islands), Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand (incl. Phuket), Myanmar (= Burma), West Malaysia (PAUWELS et al. 2003),and parts of China (Yunnan).