Boiga ochracea

Boiga ochracea
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Boiga
Species:	B. ochracea
Binomial name
	Boiga ochracea; (Theobald, 1868)
Synonyms
	Dipsas ochracea; Theobald, 1868; Dipsas ochraceus; — Günther, 1868; Dipsas hexagonotus; Stoliczka, 1871; Dipsadomorphus hexagonotus; — Boulenger, 1896; Boiga ochracea; — M.A. Smith, 1943;

Last updated September 15, 2024

Boiga ochracea, commonly called the tawny cat snake, is a species of rear-fanged snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South Asia.

Geographic range

B. ochracea is found in the Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India (Changlang District, Manipur), Myanmar, and Nepal. It is also found in China.^[2]

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.^[1]

Boiga ochracea ochracea (Theobald, 1868)
Boiga ochracea stoliczkae (Wall, 1909)
Boiga ochracea walli M.A. Smith, 1943

Nota bene : A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Boiga.

Reproduction

B. ochracea is oviparous.^[1]

Etymology

The subspecific names, stoliczkae and walli, are in honor of Moravian herpetologist Ferdinand Stoliczka and British herpetologist Frank Wall, respectively.^[3]

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References

1 2 3 Species Boiga ochracea at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
↑ "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species".
↑ 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 ochracea stoliczkae, p. 255; B. o. walli, p. 279).

Boulenger GA (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor & Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Dipsas hexagonotus, p. 361).
Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Dipsadomorphus hexagonotus, pp. 65–66).
Das I (2002). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-056-5. (Boiga ochracea, p. 25).
Günther A (1868). "Sixth Account of new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fourth Series1: 413-429. (Dipsas ochraceus, p. 425).
Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Boiga ochracea, pp. 348–349).
Theobald W (1868) ("1870" on title page). "Catalogue of the Reptiles of British Birma [sic], embracing the Provinces of Pegu, Martaban, and Tenasserim; with descriptions of new or little-known species". Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology10: 4-67. (Dipsas ochracea, new species, pp. 53–54). (in English and Latin).
Tillack, Frank (1999) "Boiga ochracea stoliczkae (Wall)". Sauria21 (2): 2.
Wall F (1909). "Remarks on some forms of Dipsadomorphus ". Records of the Indian Museum3: 151-155.

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[RDB-1] 1 2 3 Species Boiga ochracea at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

[2] "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species".

[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 ochracea stoliczkae, p. 255; B. o. walli, p. 279).

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