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Boiga dendrophila, Mangrove cat snake Khao Sok National Park (29537974162)🐍

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SpeciesColubridae
Reptiles

🐍Boiga dendrophila

Boiga dendrophila (Boie, 1827)

بويقة أليفة الشجر (الاسم العلمي: Boiga dendrophila) (الإنجليزية: Gold-ringed Cat Snake) هي نوع من الزواحف تتبع جنس البويقة من فصيلة الأحناش.

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Also called
Gold-ringed Cat snake, Mangrove snake
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
6.11 kg
Body length
2.5 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
17 years
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Everything we know about the Boiga dendrophila

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Body mass
6.11 kgrecord 1.2 kg · ReptTraits
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Body length
2.5 mmaximum recorded
ReptTraits
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
17 yearsrecord 20 years · ReptTraits
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Diet
Carnivorous
ReptTraits
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Activity cycle
Nocturnal
ReptTraits
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Venomous
Yes
ReptTraits
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
6.1 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Boiga dendrophila yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyColubridae
  5. ›genusBoiga
  6. ›speciesBoiga dendrophila
Full lineage
  1. superorderLepidosauria
  2. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  3. infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
  4. genusBoiga
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. superorderLepidosauria
  10. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  11. infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
  12. genusBoiga
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Mangroven-Nachtbaumnatter (de), mangrovekäärme (fi), Mangrovesnok (nb), Mangrovennachtboomslang (nl), งูปล้องทอง (th), Boiga dendrophila (fr) … and 18 more languages
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