Boiga multifasciata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota 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 Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Boiga multifasciata (Blyth, 1861)

Holotype: ZSI 7861 (formerly IMC 7861), collected by J.C. Browne between 1857–1860.
Type locality: “neighborhood of Subathoo”.

Coluber monticolus Hodgson in Cantor, 1839: 52 [nomen oblitum fide Tillack, Narayanan & Deepak (2021)]
- Holotype: Unknown.
- Type locality: “Nepâl”.

Cantor, T.E. 1839. Spicilegium Serpentium Indicorum B. Innocuous Serpents. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 7(1): 49–55. BHL Reference page.
Blyth, E. [1860] 1861. Proceedings of the Society. Report of the Curator. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 29(1): 87–115. BHL
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.
Tillack, F., Narayaman, S. & Deepak, V. 2021. On the identity, nomenclatural status and authorship of Coluber monticolus Cantor, 1839 (Reptilia: Serpentes). Zootaxa 4990(1): 134–146. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4990.1.8 Reference page.

Whitaker, R. & Captain, A. 2004. Snakes of India. The Field Guide. Draco Books, 500 pp. Reference page.

Bhattarai, S., Ghosh, A. & Limbu, K.P. 2022. IUCN: Boiga multifasciata (Least Concern) (amended version of 2021 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T176622A219116159. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T176622A219116159.en. Accessed on 27 January 2026.