| Pirmad 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. dightoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Boiga dightoni (Boulenger, 1894) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Dipsas dightoni Boulenger, 1894 |
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The Pirmad cat snake (Boiga dightoni) is a species of rear-fanged colubrid found in the Western Ghats. It is named after Pirmedu (also spelled Peermad), a place in Kerala, India, elevation 3,300 feet (1,006 m). The specific name or epithet, dightoni, is in honor of S. Dighton, Esq., the collector of the holotype specimen.
Boiga dightoni is pale reddish-brown dorsally, with a series of salmon-red blotches. Its head is pale brown with minute blackish dots. Ventrally it is yellowish, finely-dotted with brown. The outer ends of the ventral scales are salmon-pink. It is medium-sized, adults attaining a total length of 1.1 m (3.6 feet).[1]