| many-banded tree 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. multifasciata |
| Binomial name | |
| Boiga multifasciata (Blyth, 1861) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Dipsas multifasciata Blyth, 1861 |
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The many-banded tree snake, Boiga multifasciata, is a species of rear-fanged colubrid.
Dorsally it is grayish with oblique black cross-bars, and has a series of whitish spots along the vertebral line. On the head it has a pair of black streaks from the prefrontals to the occiput, another black streak from the eye to the commissure of the jaws, and another along the nape. The upper labials are black-edged. Ventrally it is spotted or checkered with dark brown or black. Adults are about 875 mm (34½ in.) in total length.[1]
It is found in India (Sikkim), Nepal and Bhutan.