animalworld: GREEN CAT SNAKEBoiga cyanea©Angi Nelson Scientific name: Boiga cyanea Common name: Green catsnake Distribution: Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, West-Malaysia, Myanmar, Eastern India, Bhutan, Bangladesh and China Taxonomy and biology:  A snake with a long green body, large eyes and a large head that’s distinct from the slender neck. The ventral scales are yellowish under the head and in the neck, whitish at the rest of the body. The inside of the mouth is black. Adult animals could reach 150 centimeters in length. Sometimes even longer. Boiga cyanea is nocturnal and almost completely arboreal. It is occasionally found on the ground at night hunting for rodents, birds, eggs, lizards, frogs or other snakes. It inhabits forests up to 2100 metres and is frequently found nearby water. Females lay 4 to 13 eggs per clutch. Hatchlings are 35 centimetres long. Young snakes are orange, brown or pink and have a bright green head. Yearlings are greyish. Only adult animals are completely green. Source: http://sites.google.com/site/venomousasians/boigacyanea Other posts: Big-Headed Snail-Eating Snake - pretty Green Vine Snake Paradise Tree Snake

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GREEN CAT SNAKE
Boiga cyanea
©Angi Nelson

Scientific name: Boiga cyanea

Common name: Green catsnake

Distribution: Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, West-Malaysia, Myanmar, Eastern India, Bhutan, Bangladesh and China

Taxonomy and biology:  A snake with a long green body, large eyes and a large head that’s distinct from the slender neck. The ventral scales are yellowish under the head and in the neck, whitish at the rest of the body. The inside of the mouth is black. Adult animals could reach 150 centimeters in length. Sometimes even longer.

Boiga cyanea is nocturnal and almost completely arboreal. It is occasionally found on the ground at night hunting for rodents, birds, eggs, lizards, frogs or other snakes. It inhabits forests up to 2100 metres and is frequently found nearby water.

Females lay 4 to 13 eggs per clutch. Hatchlings are 35 centimetres long. Young snakes are orange, brown or pink and have a bright green head. Yearlings are greyish. Only adult animals are completely green.

Source: http://sites.google.com/site/venomousasians/boigacyanea

Other posts:

Big-Headed Snail-Eating Snake - pretty

Green Vine Snake

Paradise Tree Snake

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