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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
SubspeciesBoiga trigonata trigonata (SCHNEIDER 1802)
Boiga trigonata melanocephala (ANNANDALE 1904) 
Common NamesE: Indian Gamma Snake, Common Cat Snake
G: Gemeine Nachtbaumnatter 
SynonymColuber trigonatus SCHNEIDER in BECHSTEIN 1802: 256
Coluber sagittatus SHAW 1802: 526
Coluber catenularis DAUDIN 1803: 253
Sibon catenularis — FITZINGER 1826: 60
Dipsas trigonata — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 1136
Dipsas trigonata — BLYTH 1855
Dipsadomorphus trigonatus — BOULENGER 1896: 62
Dipsadomorphus trigonata var. melanocephalus ANNANDALE 1904
Dipsadomorphus trigonatus — MULLAN 1908
Boiga trigonatum — NIKOLSKY 1916
Dipsadomorphus trigonatus — WALL 1921: 269
Boiga trigonata — SMITH 1943: 349 (part.)
Boiga trigonata melanocephala — LEVITON 1959: 457
Boiga trigonatus — DAS 1996: 55
Boiga trigonatum — SZCZERBAK 2003
Boiga trigonatus — JANZEN et al. 2007
Boiga trigonata — WALLACH et al. 2014: 107
Boiga trigonanta — MAHETA et al. 2023 (in error)

Boiga trigonata melanocephala (ANNANDALE 1904)
Dipsadomorphus trigonata var. melanocephalus ANNANDALE 1904
Boiga melanocephala — KHAN 2002 (pers. comm.) 
DistributionSri Lanka, India (Gujarat, Sikkim, Maharashtra, Kerala, West Bengal, Punjab [Dino Aulakh, pers. comm.], Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Odisha), Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Afghanistan (LEVITON 1959: 461),
S Turkmenistan, S Uzbekistan, SE Tajikistan, Iran

melanocephala: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran; type locality: “Iranian-Baluchistan frontier”.

Type locality: Perso-Baluchistan frontier; “Vishakhapatnam” fide KRAMER 1977: 736  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: iconotype, Schneider in Bechstein (1802), Vol. 4, plate 40
Syntype: ZSI 14814–15 [melanocephala] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2305 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy after SMITH 1943. The form melanocephala is variously considered as a subspecies, color variant, or full species (the latter by KHAN, pers. comm.).

Distribution: Possibly in Bhutan (Lenz 2012). For a map see Sindaco et al. 2013.

Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
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