Boiga dightoni

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Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Boiga
Species: Boiga dightoni

Name

Boiga dightoni (Boulenger, 1894)

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.1.32, ♀, collected by S. Dighton in January 1893.
Type locality: “Pirmaad, at an altitude of 3,300 feet”.

Combinations

Dipsas dightoni Boulenger, 1894: 528 [original combination]
Dipsadomorphus dightoni — Boulenger, 1896 [subsequent combination]
Boiga dightoni — Smith, 1943: 359 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

Boulenger, G.A. 1894. J. Bombay N. H. S. viii: 528.
Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.

Additional references

Sharma, R. C. 2004. Handbook Indian Snakes. AKHIL BOOKS, New Delhi, 292 pp.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Boiga dightoni. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 May 2023.
Srinivasulu, C., Srinivasulu, B., Deepak, V., Mohapatra, P. & Vijayakumar, S.P. 2013. IUCN: Boiga dightoni (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T172674A1364625. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172674A1364625.en. Accessed on 24 May 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Travancore Cat Snake