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Boiga nigriceps (GÜNTHER, 1863)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
SubspeciesBoiga nigriceps nigriceps (GÜNTHER 1863)
Boiga nigriceps brevicauda SMITH 1926 
Common NamesE: Black-headed Cat Snake
G: Schwarzköpfige Nachtbaumnatter 
SynonymDipsas nigriceps GÜNTHER 1863: 359
Dipsas Hoffmanseggii PETERS 1867: 27
Dipsadomorphus nigriceps — BOULENGER 1896
Dipsadomorphus pallidus — BOULENGER 1903: 164
Boiga nigriceps — BARBOUR 1912
Dipsadomorphus nigriceps — WERNER 1913: 27
Boiga nigriceps — TWEEDIE 1950
Boiga nigriceps — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 323
Boiga nigriceps — COX et al. 1998: 75
Boiga nigriceps nigriceps — COX et al. 2012: 126
Boiga nigriceps — WALLACH et al. 2014: 106
Boiga nigriceps — WEINELL et al. 2020

Boiga nigriceps brevicauda SMITH 1926: 79
Boiga nigriceps brevicaudata [sic] — ORLOV & RYABOV 2002 
DistributionThailand,
China (Guangxi),
Indonesia (Java, Bali, Borneo, Mentawai Archipelago, Nias, Simeulue, Sumatra, Natuna islands);
Malaysia (Malaya and East Malaysia), Pulau Tioman.

brevicauda: Indonesia (Siberut, Sipora); Type locality: Siberut Island, Mentawai Islands.

Type locality: not given (fide MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesType: BMNH 1946.1.2.58 (and possibly additional specimens).
Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.1.30, collected by C. Boden-Kloss [brevicauda] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1380 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentNot listed by Zhao 2006 for China.

Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
EtymologyNamed after Latin niger, nigra, nigrum = black or dark, and -ceps, an abbreviated form of Latin “caput” = head, referring to the dark color of the head in some (but no tall) specimens. 
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