Boiga Dendrophila (Mangrove Cat Snake). Diet.

• Main Authors: Das, Indraneil, Pui, Yong Min
• Format: E-Article
• Language: English
• Published: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles 2011
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QL Zoology
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/27084/1/378-%20Pui%20%26%20Das%20%28Boiga%20dendrophila%20diet%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/27084/; https://ssarherps.org/herpetological-review-pdfs/
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

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.