Marbled Cat Snake

Boiga multomaculata

Description

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.

Population Size

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Life Span

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WEIGHT​

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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

  1. Boiga multomaculata article
  2. Somaweera, R. 2017. A Naturalist’s Guide To The Reptiles and Amphibians of Bali. John Beaufoy Publishing, Oxford, England.
  3. McKay, J.L. 2006. Reptil and Amphibi di Bali. Krieger Publishing Company, Florida, USA.