Boiga Dendrophila (Mangrove Cat Snake). Diet.

Boiga dendrophila is a large (to 250 cm total length) colubrid snake, known from both primary and disturbed lowland forests and mangrove swamps of Southeast Asia (Das 2006. A Photographic Guide to the Snakes and Other Reptiles of Borneo. New Holland Publishers, Ltd., London. 144 pp.; David and Vogel...

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Main Authors: Das, Indraneil, Pui, Yong Min
Format: E-Article
Language:English
Published: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles 2011
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Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Language: English
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Summary:Boiga dendrophila is a large (to 250 cm total length) colubrid snake, known from both primary and disturbed lowland forests and mangrove swamps of Southeast Asia (Das 2006. A Photographic Guide to the Snakes and Other Reptiles of Borneo. New Holland Publishers, Ltd., London. 144 pp.; David and Vogel 1996. The Snakes of Sumatra: An Annotated Checklist and Key with Natural History Notes. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main. 260 pp.). Its diet is known to include vertebrates such as frogs, lizards, birds, and rodents; one snake species (Ahaetulla prasina) has also been documented (Stuebing and Inger 1999. A Field Guide to the Snakes of Borneo, Natural History Publications, Sdn. Bhd. Kota Kinabalu.