Boiga beddomei
| Boiga beddomei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Boiga |
| Species: | B. beddomei |
| Binomial name | |
| Boiga beddomei (Wall, 1909) | |
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| Synonyms | |
Boiga beddomei, commonly known as Beddome's cat snake, is a species of rear-fanged colubrid snake endemic to India and Sri Lanka.
Geographic range
In India, B. beddomei is found in the Western Ghats in Maharashtra state (Bhimashankar, Mulshi, Koyna ?, Vasota ?). It is also found in Sri Lanka.[1]
Etymology
It was named after Richard Henry Beddome (1830–1911), British army officer and botanist.[2]
Description
Head distinct from neck. Vertebral scales strongly enlarged. Dosrum is grayish brown with dark brown vertebral spots. Ventral side is yellowish-cream.
Scalation
Mid dorsal scale rows 19. Subcaudals 113-127.
Diet
Mainly geckos and skinks.
Culture
Known as කහ මාපිලා (kaha maapila- meaning "yellow cat snake" in English) in Sinhala language and Māppiḷḷai or Pūṉaippāmpu in Tamil.[3]
References
- 1 2 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins; Michael Grayson. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore:Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Boiga beddomei, p. 21).
- ↑ "SNAKES OF SRI LANKA". Retrieved August 22, 2014.
Further reading
- Whitaker, Romulus, and Ashok Captain. 2008. Snakes of India, The Field Guide. Chennai, India: Draco Books. 500 pp. ISBN 81-901873-0-9.
- Wall, Frank. 1909. "Remarks on some forms of Dipsadomorphus". Rec. Ind. Mus. 3: 151-155. (Dipsadomorphus beddomei, p. 152).
- Wall, Frank. 1921. Ophidia Taprobanica or the Snakes of Ceylon. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Colombo Museum. (H.R. Cottle, government printer). xxii + 581 pp. (Dipsadomorphus beddomei, p. 282).
External links
- Boiga beddomei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Boiga_beddomei.jpg
- http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Boiga_beddomei2.jpg
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