Boiga beddomei

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Boiga beddomei

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Boiga
Species:
B. beddomei
Binomial name
Boiga beddomei
(Wall, 1909)
Synonyms[2]
  • Dipsadomorphus beddomei Wall, 1909
  • Boiga beddomei Das, 1996

Boiga beddomei, commonly known as Beddome's cat snake, is a species of

endemic to the Western Ghats of India, in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa states.[3][4]

Geographic range

B. beddomei is found in India, in northern parts of the Western Ghats in Maharashtra state (Bhimashankar, Mulshi, Koyna, Vasota). It is also found in Gujarat, Goa and northern karnataka[5] in the hill ranges.[6]

Etymology

Boiga beddomei is named after Richard Henry Beddome (1830–1911), British army officer and botanist.[7]

Description

Boiga beddomei is a slender snake. The head is distinct from the neck. The vertebral scales are strongly enlarged. The

dorsum
is grayish brown with dark brown vertebral cross bars. The ventral surface is yellowish-cream, densely powdered with blackish spots.

Scalation

The dorsal scales are arranged in 19 oblique rows at midbody; the vertebral row is strongly enlarged and hexagonal. The ventrals number 238–252 and the subcaudals number 113–127.

Habitat

The preferred natural

arboreal
in habits.

Diet

B. beddomei feeds mainly on

frogs
.

Reproduction

B. beddomei is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T176619A123302891.en
    . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Boiga beddomei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2017.
  3. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4779.3
    .
  4. ISBN 9781138618138
    .
  5. ^ "Karnataka", Wikipedia, 2022-12-10, retrieved 2022-12-18
  6. S2CID 235688650
    .
  7. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5
    . (Boiga beddomei, p. 21).

Further reading

  • ISBN 81-901873-0-9
    .
  • Wall, Frank (1909). "Remarks on some forms of Dipsadomorphus". Rec. Ind. Mus. 3: 151–155. (Dipsadomorphus beddomei, new species, p. 152).
  • Ganesh SR, Achyuthan NS, Chandramouli SR, Vogel G (2020). "Taxonomic revision of the Boiga ceylonensis group (Serpentes: Colubridae): re-examination of type specimens, redefinition of nominate taxa and an updated key". Zootaxa 4779 (3): 301–332.

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