Boiga bourreti

Boiga bourreti
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Boiga
Species:	B. bourreti
Binomial name
	Boiga bourreti; Tillack, Ziegler [ de ] & Le, 2004

Last updated March 26, 2025

Boiga bourreti is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Vietnam.^[1]^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, bourreti, is in honor of French herpetologist René Léon Bourret.^[3]

Geographic range

B. bourreti is found in central Vietnam between Kon Tum and Quảng Bình provinces. Its true range may extend into adjacent Laos and Cambodia.^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of B. bourreti is forest, at altitudes of 500–1,500 m (1,600–4,900 ft).^[1]

Description

B. bourreti has a wide dark neck band and dorsal scales arranged in 19 rows at midbody.^[2]

Behavior

B. bourreti is nocturnal.^[1]

Diet

B. bourreti preys upon small vertebrates.^[1]

Reproduction

B. bourreti is oviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 Thy, N.; Nguyen, T.Q.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Orlov, N.L.; Golynsky, E.; Bain, R. (2012). "Boiga bourreti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012: e.T176620A1441655. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T176620A1441655.en . Retrieved 20 July 2023.
1 2 3 Boiga bourreti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 July 2023.
↑ 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 bourreti, p. 35).

Nguyen VS, Ho TC, Nguyen QT (2009). Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Frankfurt am Main: Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 768 pp. ISBN 978-3899734621.
Tillack F, Ziegler T [ de ], Le QK (2004). "Eine neue Art der Gattung Boiga Fitzinger, 1826 (Serpentes: Colubridae: Colubrinae) aus dem zentralen Vietnam ". Sauria26 (4): 3–13. (Boiga bourreti, new species). (in German).
Ziegler T, Orlov NL, Giang TT, Nguyen TQ, Nguyen TT, Le QK, Nguyen KV, Vu TN (2010). "New records of cat snakes, Boiga Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata, Serpentes, Colubridae), from Vietnam, inclusive of an extended diagnosis of Boiga bourreti Tillack, Le & Ziegler, 2004". Zoosystematics and Evolution86 (2): 263–274.

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[IUCN-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Thy, N.; Nguyen, T.Q.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Orlov, N.L.; Golynsky, E.; Bain, R. (2012). "Boiga bourreti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012: e.T176620A1441655. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T176620A1441655.en . Retrieved 20 July 2023.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 Boiga bourreti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 July 2023.

[3] 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 bourreti, p. 35).

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