Boiga ceylonensis

Boiga ceylonensis

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 ceylonensis

Name

Boiga ceylonensis (Günther, 1858)

Type locality: Sri Lanka.

Synonyms

• Dipsadomorphus ceylonensis Günther, 1858: 176
• Dipsas ceylonensis — Günther, 1864
• Dipsas nuchalis Günther, 1875 (fide Smith, 1943)
• Dipsadomorphus nuchalis — Wall, 1900 (fide Smith, 1943)
• Dipsadomorphus beddomei Wall, 1909 (fide Smith, 1943)
• Dipsadomorphus andamanensis Wall, 1909 (fide Smith, 1943)
• Dipsadomorphus ceylonensis — Wall, 1921: 278
• Boiga andamanensis — Wall, 1924 (fide Smith, 1943)
• Boiga ceylonensis — Smith, 1943: 351
• Boiga ceylonensis — Das, 1996: 54

References

• Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine snakes of the British Museum. London, I - XVI, 1 - 281.
• Wall, Frank 1921. Ophidia Taprobanica or the Snakes of Ceylon. Colombo Mus. (H. R. Cottle, govt. printer), Colombo. xxii, 581 pages.
• Das, I. 1999. Biogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. In: Ota,H. (ed) Tropical Island herpetofauna..., Elsevier, pp. 43-77.
• Boiga ceylonensis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Sri Lanka Cat Snake