Boiga

Mangrove tree snake ( Boiga dendrophila )

The night tree snakes ( Boiga ) are a genus of snakes, whose representatives are mildly toxic. You have opistoglyphe fangs that are located at the maxilla. They are found in Southeast Asia, India and Australia. Due to their enormous adaptability especially the brown tree snake ( Boiga irregularis ) could also spread in other parts of the world as neozoon. Currently 33 known species are distinguished.

Description and behavior

Night tree snakes have long, thin snake body with big heads and big eyes. They vary greatly in their patterns and colors. Many bands, others are spotted and some have a uniform color. Mainly they are black, brown or green with white and yellow accents.

Boiga is a nocturnal tree snake. Their prey is lizards, birds and rodents. The strength of the toxin varies depending on the type. However, a general risk to man is not.

Species

  • Boiga andamanensis (Wall, 1909)
  • Boiga angulata (Peters, 1861)
  • Boiga barnesii ( Günther, 1869)
  • Boiga beddomei (Wall, 1909)
  • Boiga bengkuluensis ( Orlov, Kudryavtzev, Ryabov & Shumakov, 2003)
  • Boiga blandingii ( Hallowell, 1844)
  • Boiga bourreti ( Tillack, Ziegler & Le Khac Quyet, 2004)
  • Boiga ceylonensis ( Günther, 1858)
  • Green tree snake ( Boiga cyanea ( Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) )
  • Dog tooth tree snake ( Boiga cynodon ( Boie, 1827) )
  • Mangrove tree snake ( Boiga dendrophila )
  • Boiga dightoni ( Boulenger, 1894)
  • White-spotted tree snake ( Boiga drapiezii ( ( Boie & Boie 1827) )
  • Boiga forsteni ( Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)
  • Boiga Gokool (Gray, 1835)
  • Boiga guangxiensis ( Wen, 1998)
  • Brown tree snake ( Boiga irregularis ( Merrem, 1802) )
  • Boiga jaspidea ( Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)
  • Boiga kraepelini ( Stejneger, 1902)
  • Boiga multifasciata ( Blyth, 1861)
  • Spotted tree snake ( Boiga multomaculata ( Boie, 1827)
  • Red tree snake ( Boiga nigriceps ( Günther, 1863) )
  • Boiga nuchalis ( Günther, 1875)
  • Boiga ochracea ( Günther, 1868)
  • Boiga philippina (Peters, 1867)
  • Boiga pulverulenta (Fischer, 1856)
  • Boiga quincunciata (Wall, 1908)
  • Banded tree snake ( Boiga saengsomi ( Nutafand, 1985) )
  • Boiga schultzei (Taylor, 1923)
  • Boiga siamensis ( Nootpand, 1971)
  • Boiga tanahjampeana ( Orlov & Ryabov, 2002)
  • Boiga trigonata
  • Boiga wallachi (Das, 1998)
Squamata Leopold Fitzinger Friedrich Boie George Albert Boulenger Heinrich Boie John Edward Gray Blasius Merrem Leonhard Hess Stejneger Edward Blyth
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