Boiga bourreti TILLACK, ZIEGLER & KHAC QUYET, 2004

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Bourret’s Cat Snake G: Bourrets Katzennatter
Synonym	Boiga bourreti TILLACK, ZIEGLER & LE KHAC QUYET 2004 Boiga bourreti — WALLACH et al. 2014: 102 Boiga bourreti — WEINELL et al. 2021
Distribution	C Vietnam (Quang Binh) Type locality: “immergrüner Primärwald nordwestlich des Phong, Nha-Ke Bang Nationalpark, Distrikt Minh Hoa, Provinz Quang Binh, Vietnam, 550 m NN [= elevation].
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: ZFMK 82921
Diagnosis
Comment	Most similar to B. ocellata but differs in the presence of a neck band (not present in B. ocellata) scalation such as the number of dorsalia (bourreti: 19, ocellata: 21 or more). Characteristic features. The species is characterized by its dorsal scales in 21:19:15 bent rows, 236 ventrals, 106 divided subcaudals, and a divided anal scute; 8 supralabials (3-5 in contact with eye), and 11/12 infralabials; one large loreal, 2/3 preoculars, with uppermost reaching top of head, but not touching frontal, two postoculars, and 3/4 anterior temporals with 3/3 posterior ones following; a blackish brownish, light-margined postocular stripe runs past the corner of the mouth towards the wide dark neck band; the body pattern consists of the dark band on the neck, two subsequent V-shaped bands and a chequered pattern of light and dark fl ecks that extends along the body and only dissolves on the dorsal side of the tail (from ZIEGLER et al. 2006).
Etymology	Named after René Bourret, French zoologist.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Blackburn, D.G. 1993. STANDARDIZED CRITERIA FOR THE RECOGNITION OF REPRODUCTIVE MODES IN SQUAMATE REPTILES. Herpetologica 49 (1): 118-132 - get paper here Böhme, Wolfgang 2014. Herpetology in Bonn. Mertensiella 21. vi + 256 pp. - get paper here Nguyen, S.V., Ho, C.T. and Nguyen, T.Q. 2009. Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 768 pp. Tillack, F.; Ziegler, T. & Le Khac Quyet 2004. Eine neue Art der Gattung Boiga FITZINGER 1826 (Serpentes: Colubridae: Colubrinae) aus dem zentralen Vietnam. Sauria 26 (4): 3-13 - get paper here Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp. Weinell, J. L., Barley, A. J., Siler, C. D., Orlov, N. L., Ananjeva, N. B., Oaks, J. R., ... & Brown, R. M. 2020. Phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic range evolution in cat-eyed snakes, Boiga (Serpentes: Colubridae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society - get paper here Ziegler, Thomas; Nikolai L. Orlov, Thomas T. Giang, Nguyen Quang Truong, Nguyen Thien Tao, Le Khac Quyet, Nguyen Vu Khoi and Vu Ngoc Thanh 2010. New records of cat snakes, Boiga Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata, Serpentes, Colubridae), from Vietnam, inclusive of an extended diagnosis of Boiga bourreti Tillack, Le & Ziegler, 2004. Zoosyst. Evol. 86 (2): 263–274 - get paper here Ziegler, Thomas; Annemarie Ohler; Vu Ngoc Thanh; Le Khac Quyet; Nguyen Xuan Thuan; Dinh Huy Tri & Bui Ngoc Thanh 2006. Review of the amphibian and reptile diversity of Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park and adjacent areas, central Truong Son, Vietnam. Herpetologica Bonnensis II: 247-262 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/309717801252825 Google images

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