Species of Thailand
Western mangrove cat snake
Boiga melanota
(George Albert Boulenger, 1896)
In Thai: งูปล้องทอง, ngu plong thong
Boiga melanota, the western mangrove cat snake, is one of the biggest cat snake species in Asia. It is found in Thailand, West Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia (Sumatra). It is shiny bluish black in colour, marked with 40-50 yellow stripes. The mouth and throat area are yellow, whereas the ventral part of the body is yellowish black. The eyes are greyish in colour. It is categorised as a mildly venomous snake.
Habits
An adult mangrove snake can reach a length of 2.5 m. It is active at night (nocturnal) and hunts for birds, rats and birds eggs as its main diet. Its large head and mouth enables it to swallows its prey easily.
Recently reclassed from within the Dendrophila family, they share some physical traits such as similar colouring and being rear-fanged.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Suborder
- Serpentes
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Boiga
- Species
- Boiga melanota
Common names
- English:
- Western mangrove cat snake
- Banded mangrove cat snake
- Thai:
- งูปล้องทอง, ngu plong thong
- งูตามธาร, ngu tam than
Subspecies
Boiga dendrophila annectens, George Albert Boulenger, 1896
Boiga dendrophila dendrophila, Friedrich Boie, 1827
Boiga dendrophila divergens, Edward Harrison Taylor, 1922
Boiga dendrophila gemmicincta, André Marie Constant Duméril & Gabriel Bibron, 1854
Boiga dendrophila latifasciata, George Albert Boulenger, 1896
Boiga dendrophila levitoni, Maren Gaulke, Arnold D. Demegillo & Gernot Vogel, 2005
Boiga dendrophila melanota, George Albert Boulenger, 1896
Boiga dendrophila multicincta, George Albert Boulenger, 1896
Boiga dendrophila occidentalis, Léo Daniël Brongersma, 1934
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Range Map
- Ban Na San District, Surat Thani
- Bang Lang National Park
- Betong District, Yala
- Chai Buri District, Surat Thani
- Don Sak District, Surat Thani
- Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary
- Huai Yot District, Trang
- Kaeng Krung National Park
- Kapong District, Phang Nga
- Khao Chong
- Khao Lak - Lam Ru National Park
- Khao Luang National Park
- Khao Nam Khang National Park
- Khao Nan National Park
- Khao Phanom Bencha National Park
- Khao Phra - Bang Khram Wildlife Sanctuary
- Khao Sok National Park
- Khlong Hoi Khong District, Songkhla
- Khlong Phanom National Park
- Khlong Saeng Wildlife Sanctuary
- Khlong Yan Wildlife Sanctuary (s/e)
- Khok Pho District, Pattani
- Khuan Khanun District, Phatthalung
- Ko Samui District, Surat Thani
- Lam Nam Kra Buri National Park
- Lan Saka District, Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Mueang Krabi District, Krabi
- Mueang Narathiwat District, Narathiwat
- Mueang Phang Nga District, Phang Nga
- Mueang Phatthalung District, Phatthalung
- Mueang Yala District, Yala
- Na Thawi District, Songkhla
- Ngao Waterfall National Park
- Phipun District, Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Phuket Province
- Rattaphum District, Songkhla
- Si Sakhon District, Narathiwat
- Sichon District, Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Sirindhorn Peat Swamp Forest
- Su-ngai Kolok District, Narathiwat
- Suk Samran District, Ranong
- Takua Pa District, Phang Nga
- Tha Chana District, Surat Thani
- Thale Ban National Park
- Thepha District, Songkhla
- Thung Wa District, Satun
- Ton Nga-Chang Wildlife Sanctuary
- Waeng District, Narathiwat
- Yan Ta Khao District, Trang
- Yaring District, Pattani