The marbled cat snake is a fairly long, slender snake with large eyes. the color is light grayish brown, with dark brown spots. the head is striped dark, and there is a stripe from the eye to the back of the jaw. the lower body has a light gray or brown color, dotted with dark brown spots.
Marbled Cat Snake
Boiga multomaculata
Description
Population Size
Stable
Life Span
-
WEIGHT
30.5 g
LENGTH
Average total length 1 m, maximum 1.9 m
Ar
Arboreal
Ca
Carnivore
No
Nocturnal
Classification
KINGDOM
:
Animalia
PHYLUM
:
Chordata
CLASS
:
Reptilia
ORDER
:
Squamata
FAMILY
:
Colubridae
GENUS
:
Boiga
SPECIES
:
Boiga multomaculata
Distribution
The marbled cat snake live in various types of forests, agricultural land, and gardens, to 1600 m above sea level.
Geography
Continents : Asia, Southeast Asia
Country : India (Assam), Bangladesh, southern China (including Hong Kong and Hainan Island), south-east Asia, Sumatera, Java, Bali, and possibly Borneo.
Habits and Lifestyle
The marbled cat snake mostly arboreal and occurs in lowland forests, open bushland and bamboo thickets, as well as home gardens. Usually encountered close to water.
Lifestyle
Arboreal
Biome
Variety of forest
Climate Zone
Tropical
Diet and Nutrition
The marbled cat snake feeding mostly on lizards and bird, but also other vertebrata.
Diet : Carnivora
Mating Habits
They are oviparious spesies, females produce up to 4 – 8 eggs.
Reproduction session :
Incubation periods :
Independent age : at birth
Baby name :
Baby carrying : 4-8 eggs
PHOTO GALLERY
Reference
- Boiga multomaculata article
- Somaweera, R. 2017. A Naturalist’s Guide To The Reptiles and Amphibians of Bali. John Beaufoy Publishing, Oxford, England.
- McKay, J.L. 2006. Reptil and Amphibi di Bali. Krieger Publishing Company, Florida, USA.