Boiga dightoni
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Boiga 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, a place in Kerala, India.
Description
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]
References
- Boulenger, G.A. 1894 J. Bombay N. H. S. viii: 528
- ^ Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) Vol. III. London. pp. 69-70