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Family : COLUBRIDAE
Species : Boiga cyanea
Maximum Size : 1.9 metres
The unmistakable Green Cat
Snake inhabits primary and secondary forests, including montane zones, and
can also be found at sea level in coastal forests. By day it lies coiled up
amongst tree branches, but by night it actively hunts for prey such as
geckos.
The body is strongly
laterally compressed, the head large, and the eyes very large with vertical
pupils. Dorsal scale colour is green with bluish hints, and ventral colour
yellow.
The species ranges from
India, Southern China and Indochina to Myanmar, Thailand and northern
Peninsular Malaysia.
Figs 1 to 3 : A 1.5 metre specimen photographed in a
bamboo thicket at Layan Beach, Phuket, southern Thailand.
References :
Cox, van Dijk, Nabhitabhata, Thirakhupt, 1998. A photographic Guide to
Snakes and Other Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.
New Holland.
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