Boiga multomaculata

Boiga multomaculata

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 multomaculata
Subspecies (3): B. m. multomaculata – B. m. ochracea – B. m. septentrionalis

Name

Boiga multomaculata (Boie, 1827)

• Syntypes (n=5): RMNH 979 b, d, e and f, and ZMB 2642.
• Type locality: “Java”.

Combinations

• Dipsas multomaculata Boie, 1827: 549 [original combination]
• Boiga multimaculata [sic] — Cope, 1860 [subsequent combination]
• Dipsadomorphus multimaculatus [sic] — Boulenger, 1896 [subsequent combination]
• Boiga multomaculata — Welch, 1988 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Boie, F. 1827. Bemerkungen über Merrem’s Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien. Marburg, 1820. 1te Lieferung, Ophidier. Isis von Oken 20(6): 508–566. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.
• Cox, Merel J.; Van Dijk, Peter Paul; Jarujin Nabhitabhata & Thirakhupt, Kumthorn 1998. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Ralph Curtis Publishing, 144 pp.
• Köhler, G., Charunrochana, P.T., Mogk, L., Than, N.L., Kurniawan, N., Kadafi, A.M., Das, A., Tillack, F. & O’Shea, M. 2023. A taxonomic revision of Boiga multomaculata (Boie, 1827) and B. ochracea (Theobald, 1868), with the description of a new subspecies (Squamata, Serpentes, Colubridae). Zootaxa 5270(2): 151–193. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.2.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Boiga multomaculata. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 April 2023.
• Thy, N., Nguyen, T.Q., Chan-Ard, T., Golynsky, E., Stubbs, A. & Iskandar, D. 2021. IUCN: Boiga multomaculata  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T192026A2029989. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T192026A2029989.en. Accessed on 26 April 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Polymorphic Asian Cat Snake
မြန်မာဘာသာ: ကြောင်မြွေပွေး

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