Boiga thackerayi
Species of snake
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Boiga thackerayi, or Thackeray's cat snake, is arboreal, mostly seen close to forest streams, and is active during the night. It is rear fanged and is known to grow up to three feet in length. It is endemic to the Western Ghats, India.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Boiga |
| Species: | B. thackerayi |
| Binomial name | |
| Boiga thackerayi Giri, Deepak, Captain, Pawar & Tillack, 2019 | |
Etymology
Geographic range
Boiga thackerayi is described from Koyna region of Satara district in western Maharashtra, India.
It can be found from the mid-high elevation of western ghats in the States of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Tamilnadu and Kerala.
Diet
It feeds on eggs of Humayun's night frog (Nyctibatrachus humayuni). This behavior was never reported in cat snakes from the Western Ghats earlier.[citation needed]