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Thackeray's cat snake
Boiga thackerayi
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.
From the article Boiga thackerayi on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
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.
Wikipedia: “Geographic range”
What it does
It feeds on eggs of Humayun's night frog (Nyctibatrachus humayuni). This behavior was never reported in cat snakes from the Western Ghats earlier.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Diet”
In human culture
The epithet, thackerayi, is in honor of Indian conservationist and wildlife researcher Tejas Thackeray.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1031591.