Boiga wallachi

Boiga wallachi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

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

Name

Boiga wallachi Das, 1998

Type locality: Kopen Heat (= Dakoank), 06°48’ N; 93°41’ E, Great Nicobar Island (= Sambelong), Bay of Bengal, India.

Synonyms

• Boiga wallachi Das, 1998
• Boiga dendrophila Biswas & Sanyal, 1977 (part.)
• Boiga wallachi — Orlov et al., 2003
• Boiga wallachi — Whitaker & Captain, 2004

Primary references

• Das, I. 1998: A new species of Boiga (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Nicobar Archipelago. Journal of South Asian Natural History, 3(1): 59–67. full article (PDF)

References

• Orlov, Nikolai L. and Sergei A. Ryabov 2002. A new species of the genus Boiga (Serpentes, Colubridae, Colubrinae) from Tanahjampea Island and description of "black form" of Boiga cynodon Complex from Sumatra (Indonesia). Russ. J. Herpetol. 9 (1): 33–56.
• Whitaker, R. & Captain, A. 2004. Snakes of India. The Field Guide. Draco Books, 500 pp. Reference page. 
• Boiga wallachi at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Nicobar Cat Snake