Boiga barnesii

Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Colubroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Boiga
Species: Boiga barnesii
Name
[edit]Boiga barnesii (Günther, 1869)
- Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.1.33, ♂, collected by R.H. Barnes between 1858–1869.
- Type locality: “Ceylon [=Sri Lanka]”.
Combinations
[edit]- Dipsas barnesii Günther, 1869: 506 [original combination]
- Dipsadomorphus barnesii — Boulenger, 1896 [subsequent combination]
- Boiga barnesii — Smith, 1943: 354 [subsequent combination]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Günther, A. 1869. Report on two collections of Indian reptiles. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869: 500–507.
- Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III. Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), Amblycephalidæ, and Viperidæ. British Museum (Natural History): London. xiv + 727 pp. BHL Reference page.
- Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, including the whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. Taylor and Francis: London. xii + 583 pp., 166 text figures. PDF
Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Wickramasinghe, L.J.M. 2021. IUCN: Boiga barnesii (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T197190A123311967. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T197190A123311967.en. Accessed on 27 January 2026.
Vernacular names
[edit]- English: Barnes' Cat Snake