Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Vertebrata Suborder Serpentes Scientific name Boiga ochracea Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Squamata Family Colubridae Higher classification Boiga | |
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Similar Boiga, Snake, Boiga gokool, Boiga dightoni, Colubridae | ||
Boiga ochracea, called commonly the tawny cat snake, is a species of rear-fanged snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South Asia.
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Geographic range
B. ochracea is found in the Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India (Changlang District), Myanmar, and Nepal.
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Boiga.
Etymology
The subspecific names, stoliczkae and walli, are in honor of Moravian herpetologist Ferdinand Stoliczka and British herpetologist Frank Wall, respectively.
References
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