Boiga drapiezii
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| White-spotted cat snake | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Boiga |
| Species: | B. drapiezii
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| Binomial name | |
| Boiga drapiezii (F. Boie, 1827)
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Boiga drapiezii, commonly known as Drapiez's cat snake and the white-spotted cat snake, is a species of long and slender rear-fanged snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Maritime Southeast Asia and is common throughout its range.
Etymology
[edit]The epithet, drapiezii, is in honor of Belgian naturalist Auguste Drapiez.[3]
Description
[edit]There are two known phases of B. drapiezii. The green phase has a marbled green body with a more robust head and width. The brown phase is much more slender with orange brown triangle-like bands across the body.[citation needed] This species is in need of urgent review, with possibly subspecies awaiting discovery and subsequent description.[citation needed]
Geographic range
[edit]B. drapiezii is found in Borneo, Indonesia, Peninsular Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, Vietnam.[1]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of B. drapiezii is forest, at altitudes of 80–900 m (260–2,950 ft).[1]
Behavior
[edit]The white-spotted cat snake is nocturnal and arboreal.[1] It can often be found moving about on the forest floor in search of prey and travel.[citation needed] It is found in tropical rainforest, sometimes on branches near streams.[citation needed]
Diet
[edit]In the wild, the white-spotted cat snake preys upon frogs, geckos, and other small lizards,[1] as well as insects, birds, and bird eggs.[4]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Grismer L, Chan-Ard T, Ananjeva NB, Orlov NL, Dehling M (2013). "Boiga drapiezii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened species 2013: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192020A44271014.en. Accessed on 16 September 2022.
- ^ a b Species Boiga drapiezii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Boiga drapiezii, p. 75).
- ^ Das I (2006).
Further reading
[edit]- Boie F (1827). "Bemerkungen über Merrem's Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien, 1. Lieferung: Ophidier ". Isis von Oken, Jena 20: 508–566. (Dipsas drapiezii H. Boie, new species, p. 549). (in German and Latin).
- Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv 727 pp. Plates I-XXV. (Dipsadomorphus drapiezii, pp. 74–75).
- Das I (2006). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-061-1. (Boiga drapiezii, p. 23).
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