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Many-banded tree snake

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Many-banded tree snake
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B. multifasciata
Binomial name
Boiga multifasciata
(Blyth, 1861)
Synonyms

Dipsas multifasciata Blyth, 1861
Dipsadomorphus multifasciatus Boulenger, 1896

The many-banded tree snake, Boiga multifasciata, is a species of rear-fanged colubrid.

Description

Dorsally, it is grayish with oblique black crossbars, and has a series of whitish spots along the vertebral line. On the head, it has a pair of black streaks from the prefrontals to the occiput, another black streak from the eye to the commissure of the jaws, and another along the nape. The upper labials are black-edged. Ventrally, it is spotted or checkered with dark brown or black. Adults are about 875 mm (34.5 in) in total length.[1]

Geographic range

It is found in India (Himachal Pradesh up to Sikkim), Nepal and Bhutan.

References

  1. ^ Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Vol. III. London.
  • Whitaker, Romulus and Ashok Captain 2004 Snakes of India. Draco Books, 500 pp.
  • Blyth,E. 1861 Proceedings of the Society. Report of the Curator. J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal xxix [1860]: 98, 107-111