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Basic information
Boiga irregularis
Brown Cat Snake
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderSquamates
FamilyColubrids
GenusCat snakes
- Czech name
- Bojga hnědá
- English name
- Brown Cat Snake
- Alternative names
- Braune Nachtbaumnatter, Brown catsnake, Brown Tree Snake, Brown Treesnake
- Synonyms
- Coluber irregularis, Dendrophis (Ahetula) fusca, Dipsas boydii, Dipsas ornata, Hurria pseudoboiga, Pappophis flavigastra, Pappophis laticeps, Triglyphodon flavescens
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest, Shrubland
- Microhabitat
- Arboreal
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 2,200 mm
- SVL
- max 1,084 mm
- Body mass
- max 867.8 g
- Hatchling mass
- ~9.3 g
- Offspring SVL
- max 296 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 19 years
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Foraging mode
- Mixed
Reproduction and development
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 2–12 individuals
- Egg length
- ~42 mm
- Egg width
- ~18 mm
Health and safety
- Venomous
- Yes
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 5WNGD · COL26.9
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 11578 · dryad-v5