Boiga tanahjampeana ORLOV & RYABOV, 2002
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Boiga tanahjampeana
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Tanahjampea Cat Snake |
| Synonym | Boiga tanahjampeana ORLOV & RYABOV 2002 Boiga tanahjampeana — DE LANG & VOGEL 2005 Boiga tanahjampeana — WALLACH et al. 2014: 107 Boiga tanahjampeana — WEINELL et al. 2021 |
| Distribution | Indonesia (Tanahjampea island, Sulawesi Selatan Province) Type locality: Tanahjampea Island, Sulawesi Selatan Province, Indonesia. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: ZISP 21938; male, collected by Buntje Soetanto and Vladimir I. Odinchenko, September 1999. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Large, massive boigas (SVL of males up to 1260 mm, Lcd = 353 mm, SVL of females up to 1440 mm, Lcd = 380 mm) with a high laterally compressed body, with a strongly enlarged central row of dorsal scales. The head is very large, wide. Scale rows oblique [Sq1 = 23 (25), Sq2 = 23, Sq3 = 17 rows]; V = 215 – 225; Scd = 98 – 103 pairs; anal plate entire; 8 – 9 supralabials, 11 – 12 infralabials; the third, fourth and fifth supralabials entering the orbit; the rostral shield is large, wide, slightly visible from above; loreal shield is small, squarish; 1 or 2 anterior temporals, 2 or 3 posterior temporals; one not large preocular, not reaching the upper surface of the head; two very small postoculars in the form of tiny granules; symphisial is small, triangular; very large genials, anterior genial shields are somewhat shorter than the posterior genial shields. The dorsal coloration of the body and the head is grey, absolutely without a pattern, the belly is of a white coloration; each dorsal and ventral scale is outlined with a narrow black-grey edge; the dark border of the supralabial and temporal shields is clearly visible. |
| Comment | Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018) This species is closely related to B. melanota fide Weinell et al. 2021. |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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