Australasian Cat Snakes
Boiga
Boiga is a large genus of mildly venomous, opisthoglyphous or rear-fanged, colubrid snakes typically known as the cat-eyed snakes or just cat snakes. They are primarily found throughout southeast Asia, India and Australia, but due to their extremely hardy nature and adaptability have spread to many other suitable habitats around the world. There are 34 recognized species in the genus.
37 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 37 known species
Brown Tree Snake
speciesBoiga irregularis
Kelung Cat Snake
speciesBoiga kraepelini
Western Mangrove Cat Snake
speciesBoiga melanota
Gold-ringed Cat Snake
speciesBoiga dendrophila
Many-spotted Cat Snake
speciesBoiga multomaculata
Dog-toothed Cat Snake
speciesBoiga cynodon
Green Cat Snake
speciesBoiga cyanea
Common Cat Snake
speciesBoiga trigonata
White-spotted Cat Snake
speciesBoiga drapiezii
Black-headed Cat Snake
speciesBoiga nigriceps
Forsten's Cat Snake
speciesBoiga forsteni
Jasper Cat Snake
speciesBoiga jaspidea
Collared Cat Snake
speciesBoiga nuchalis
Beddome's Cat Snake
speciesBoiga beddomei
Eyed Cat Snake
speciesBoiga siamensis
Green-headed Cat Snake
speciesBoiga bengkuluensis
Thackeray's cat snake
speciesBoiga thackerayi
Sri Lanka Cat Snake
speciesBoiga ceylonensis
Guangxi cat snake
speciesBoiga guangxiensis
Yellow-green Cat Snake
speciesBoiga flaviviridis
Barnes' Cat Snake
speciesBoiga barnesii
Ranawana's Cat Snake
speciesBoiga ranawanei
Many-banded Cat Snake
speciesBoiga multifasciata
Andaman Cat Snake
speciesBoiga andamanensis
Lesser Sundas Cat Snake
speciesBoiga hoeseli
Stoliczka's Asian Cat Snake
speciesBoiga stoliczkae
Indian Egg-eater
speciesBoiga westermanni
Pirmad Cat Snake
speciesBoiga dightoni
Arrowback Tree Snake
speciesBoiga gocool
Boiga quincunciata
speciesBoiga quincunciata
Philippine Blunt-headed Tree Snake
speciesBoiga angulata
Philippine Cat Snake
speciesBoiga philippina
Nicobar Cat Snake
speciesBoiga wallachi
Banded Cat Snake
speciesBoiga saengsomi
White-spotted Cat Snake
speciesBoiga schultzei
Tanahjampea Cat Snake
speciesBoiga tanahjampeana
Bourret's Cat Snake
speciesBoiga bourreti
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 27622.