Boiga cynodon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Boiga
Species: Boiga cynodon

Boiga cynodon (H. Boie, 1827)

Holotype: RMNH 974, collected by H. Kuhl and J.C. van Hasselt between December 1820–September 1823.
Type locality: “Sumatra” (in error).

Dipsas cynodon H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827: 549 [original combination]
Opetiodon cynodon — Duméril & Bibron, 1854: 907 [subsequent combination]
Eudipsas cynodon — Günther, 1858 [subsequent combination] [subsequent combination]
Dipsadomorphus cynodon — Boulenger, 1896 [subsequent combination]
Boiga cynodon — Sworder, 1922 [subsequent combination]

Boie, F. 1827. Bemerkungen über Merrem’s Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien. Marburg, 1820. 1te Lieferung, Ophidier. Isis von Oken 20(6): 508–566. BHL Reference page.

Iskandar, D., Vogel, G., Wogan, G., Lilley, R., Diesmos, A.C. & Gonzalez, J.C. 2012. IUCN: Boiga cynodon (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T183185A1731140. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T183185A1731140.en. Accessed on 18 November 2025.