Boiga siamensis Nutphand, 1971

Hakim, Jonathan, Trageser, Scott J., Ghose, Animesh, Rashid, Sheikh Muhammad Abdur & Rahman, Shahriar Caesar, 2020, Amphibians and reptiles from Lawachara National Park in Bangladesh, Check List 16 (5), pp. 1239-1268 : 1258

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https://doi.org/ 10.15560/16.5.1239

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scientific name

Boiga siamensis Nutphand, 1971
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Boiga siamensis Nutphand, 1971

Material examined. BANGLADESH • 1; Sylhet Di- vision, Moulvibazar District, Kamalganj Upazila, Fulbari Tea Estate bordering LNP; 24°19.9′N, 091°48.0′E; 17 Jun. 2011; photo voucher ZRC ( IMG) 2.155 GoogleMaps .

Identification. This species was differentiated from other cat snakes by angled brown bands on the dorsal and lateral surfaces, distinct white spots on the flanks, eight supralabials ( III – V contacting orbit), one preocular, two postoculars, and the lack of an arrowhead-like marking on the head ( Das 2010).

Taxonomic notes. The presence of B. siamensis in LNP was published as the first confirmed record from Bangla- desh (Rahman 2012b).

Habita t. In LNP this was the cat snake most often found in tea plantation, though it was also found in both mature and degraded forest.

ZRC

Zoological Reference Collection, National University of Singapore

V

Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Colubridae

Genus

Boiga

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