Boiga wallachi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata 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 Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

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

Boiga wallachi Das, 1998: 60

Holotype: ZSI 25133 (formerly ID/AN 97), ♂, collected by I. Das and S. Bhaskar on 22 March 1994.
Type locality: “Kopen Heat (= Dakoank), 06°48’N; 93°41’E, Great Nicobar Island (= Sambelong), Bay of Bengal, India”.

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

Whitaker, R. & Captain, A. 2004. Snakes of India. The Field Guide. Draco Books, 500 pp. Reference page.
Vijayakumar, S.P. & David, P. 2006. Taxonomy, Natural History, and Distribution of the Snakes of the Nicobar Islands (India), Based on New Materials and with an Emphasis on Endemic Species. Russian Journal of Herpetology 13(1): 11–40.

Srinivasulu, C., Das, A. & Mohapatra, P. 2022. IUCN: Boiga wallachi (Data Deficient) (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T172682A217763365. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T172682A217763365.en. Accessed on 18 September 2025.