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Boiga jaspidea (DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL, 1854)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Jasper Cat Snake
G: Jaspis Katzennatter 
SynonymTriglyphodon jaspideum DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 1093
Dipsas jaspidea, JAN 1863
Dipsadomorphus jaspideus, BOULENGER 1896
Dipsas boops GÜNTHER 1858
Dipsas boops — MÜLLER 1880
Dipsadoides decipiens ANNANDALE 1905
Boiga jaspidea — BARBOUR 1912
Boiga jaspidea — KOPSTEIN 1938
Boiga jaspidea — TWEEDIE 1950
Boiga jaspidea — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 322
Boiga jaspidea — COX et al. 1998: 77
Boiga jaspidea — GROEN 2008
Boiga jaspidea — COX et al. 2012: 118
Boiga jaspidea — WALLACH et al. 2014: 105
Boiga jaspidea — WEINELL et al. 2021
Boiga jaspidae — NURDIN & SETYAWATININGSIH 2023 (in error) 
DistributionIndonesia (Bangka, Java, Kalimantan, Mentawai Archipelago, Nias, Sumatra);
Malaysia (Malaya and East Malaysia, Borneo);
Singapore; Vietnam (Lam Dong, Dong Nai),
S Thailand

Type locality: Java  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 7627 
Diagnosis 
CommentHabitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018) 
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