Boiga whitakeri

Boiga whitakeri

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 whitakeri

Name

Boiga whitakeri Ganesh, Mallik, Achyuthan, Shanker & Vogel, 2021: 453

• Holotype: BNHS 3597 (ex. CESS 255), adult ♂, collected by SP & MP in 2011.
• Type locality: “Devar Malai (9.173N, 77.261E; 1020 m asl), Tirunelveli dt., Tamil Nadu, in Periyar Plateau of the Southern Western Ghats”.

References

Primary references

• Ganesh, S.R., Mallik, A.K., Achyuthan, N.S., Shanker, K. & Vogel, G. 2021. A new species of Boiga (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Southern Western Ghats of India with a molecular phylogeny and expanded characterisation of related species. Zootaxa 4981(3): 449–468. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4981.3.2 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Whitaker’s Cat Snake