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Boiga quincunciata (WALL, 1908)

IUCN Red List - Boiga quincunciata - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymDipsadomorphus quincunciata WALL 1908: 272
Boiga quincunciata — SMITH 1943: 353
Boiga quincunciatus — DAS 1996: 54
Boiga quincunciata — GROEN 2008
Boiga quincunciata — WALLACH et al. 2014: 106
Boiga quinqunciata — MALSAWMDAWNGLIANA et al. 2022 (in error) 
DistributionMyanmar (= Burma), India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur), Bhutan

Type locality: “almost certainly Tinsukia, Assam” [= Tinsukia, Assam State, NE India, 27°29’N, 95°22’E, elevation 125 m].  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZSI 16131 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 2282 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentHabitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
References
  • Basfore, B., Kalita, M. J., Sharma, N., & Boro, A. R. 2024. An updated checklist of snakes (Reptilia: Squamata) in northeastern India derived from a review of recent literature. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 16(11), 26131-26149 - 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
  • Chaida, L., A. Das, U. Tshering & D. Wangdi 2020. Assamese Cat Snake Boiga Quincunciata (Wall, 1908) (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) - new country record for Bhutan. Journal of Threatened Taxa 12(5): 15664–15667 - get paper here
  • Das, Abhijit; Pratyush P. Mohapatra,, Jayaditya Purkayastha, Saibal Sengupta, Sushil K. Dutta, M. Firoz Ahmed, and Frank Tillack 2010. A CONTRIBUTION TO Boiga gokool (GRAY, 1835) (REPTILIA: SQUAMATA: COLUBRIDAE). Russ. J. Herpetol. 17 (3): 161 – 178 - get paper here
  • Das, I. 2012. A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of South-East Asia: Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali. Oxford J, ohn Beaufoy Publishing - get paper here
  • Dowling, H.G., & Jenner, J.V. 1988. Snakes of Burma: checklist of reported species and bibliography. Smithsonian Herp. Inf. Serv. (76): 19 pp. - get paper here
  • Ghosh, A & Mukherjee, N. 2019. Geographic Distribution: Boiga quincunciata (Assamese Cat Snake). India: West Bengal. Herpetological Review 50 (1): 104 - get paper here
  • Groen,J. 2008. Het Boiga-genus. Lacerta 66 (1-3): 64-79 - get paper here
  • Harrington, Sean M; Jordyn M de Haan, Lindsey Shapiro, Sara Ruane 2018. Habits and characteristics of arboreal snakes worldwide: arboreality constrains body size but does not affect lineage diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 125 (1): 61–71 - get paper here
  • Lalremsanga, H.T.; Saipari Sailo and Chinliansiama 2011. Diversity of Snakes (Reptilia: Squamata) and Role of Environmental Factors in Their Distribution in Mizoram, Northeast India. Advances in Environmental Chemistry - get paper here
  • Mahananda, P., S.N. Jelil, S.C. Bohra, N. Mahanta, R.B. Saikia & J. Purkayastha 2023. Terrestrial vertebrate and butterfly diversity of Garbhanga Landscape, Assam, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 15(4): 23029–23046 - get paper here
  • Malsawmdawngliana, B. Boruah, N.G. Patel, S. Lalronunga, I. Zosangliana, K. Lalhmangaiha & A. Das 2022. An updated checklist of reptiles from Dampa Tiger Reserve, Mizoram, India, with sixteen new distribution records. Journal of Threatened Taxa 14(10): 21946–21960 - get paper here
  • Orlov, Nikolai L. and Sergei A. Ryabov 2002. A new species of the genus Boiga (Serpentes, Colubridae, Colubrinae) from Tanahjampea Island and description of "black form" of Boiga cynodon Complex from Sumatra (Indonesia). Russ. J. Herpetol. 9 (1): 33-56 - get paper here
  • Purkayastha J. 2013. An Amateur’s Guide to Reptiles of Assam. EBH Publishers (India) - get paper here
  • Purkayastha, J. 2018. Urban biodiversity: an insight into the terrestrial vertebrate diversity of Guwahati, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 10(10): 12299–12316; - get paper here
  • Sharma, R. C. 2004. Handbook Indian Snakes. AKHIL BOOKS, New Delhi, 292 pp.
  • SINATE, RONALD ROHLUOSANG et al. 2022. Geographic distribution: BOIGA QUINCUNCIATA (Assamese Cat Snake). INDIA: MANIPUR Herpetological Review 53 (1): 78
  • Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.
  • Wall,F. 1908. Two new snakes from Assam. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 18: 272-274 - 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.
 
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