Boiga ranawanei

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 Cladus: Sauropsida 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 ranawanei

Name

Boiga ranawanei Samarawickrama, Samarawickrama, Wijesena & Orlov, 2005

• Holotype: NMSL 2005.17.1, ♂, collected by V.A.M.P.K. Samarawickrama on 20 October 2004.
• Type locality: “Bulawaththa, Gannoruwa Forest, Kandy District, Central Province, Sri Lanka” (07°17′16″N 80°35′36″E, altitude 640 m a.s.l.).

References

Primary references

• Samarawickrama, V.A.M.P.K., Samarawickrama, V.A.P., Wijesena, N.M. & Orlov, N.L. 2005. A new species of genus Boiga (Serpentes: Colubridae: Colubrinae) from Sri Lanka. Russian Journal of Herpetology 12(3): 213–222. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2005-12-3-213-222 [nonfunctional] . online. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Manamendra-Arachchi, K. & Pethiyagoda, R. 2007. Boiga rawanawei, a junior synonym of Boiga beddomei. Zeylanica 7(1): 123–124. Reference page. 
• Ganesh, S.R., Achyuthan, N.S., Chandramouli, S.R. & Vogel, G. 2020. Taxonomic revision of the Boiga ceylonensis group (Serpentes: Colubridae): re-examination of type specimens, redefinition of nominate taxa and an updated key. Zootaxa 4779(3): 301–332. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4779.3.1 Reference page. 
• Ganesh, S.R., Samarawickrama, V.A.M.P.K., Urs, A.J., Srikanthan, A.N. & Adhikari, O.D. 2022. Resurrection of Boiga ranawanei Samarawickrama, Samarawickrama, Wijesena et Orlov, 2005, with Expanded Descriptions and Species Distribution Modelling of Some Indian Taxa of the B. ceylonensis Group (Reptilia: Colubridae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 29(6): 341–354. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2022-29-6-341-354 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Boiga ranawanei. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 April 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Ranawane's Cat Snake