The green cat - Boiga flaviviridis

On Saturday evening the weather was good with light showers in few parts in Bangalore. We went on a night walk hoping to see something new due to the change in weather. It was almost an hour since we started, we came across some really good subjects. We documented, observed their behaviors for a while and then went ahead.
As we moved on searching for more subjects, saw this green snake, resting on a rock wall. It was light green with black markings all over its body about a feet in length. We knew it belonged to genus Boiga but not the exact species. Later after consulting with the experts we found it to be Boiga flaviviridis - A newly discovered (Year 2013)species of cat snake in peninsular India, by Gernot Vogel & S. R. Ganesh.

comments (4)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Wow Karthik, that's quite a spectacular find! Even more because you found it just outside its distribution (according to this: http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Boiga&species=flaviviridis). Maybe you should report your spotting to some of those scientists? Posted 10 years ago
1. karthik_ak
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks Fredy.. I have reported the same to the concerned researchers :) Posted 10 years ago

Living Wild

Lion

Great find, great story ... again. This snake reminds me of our "Tree snake" ... highly poisonous, but with rear fangs. By just looking at his head, I would not mess with this guy. Fantastic. Well done. Posted 10 years ago
1. karthik_ak
  
  Lion
  
  This is a mildly venomous(neurotoxic) snake. There are no reported bites or deaths due this snake or any of the Cat snakes found in India! Posted 10 years ago

The Yellow-green Cat Snake

Boiga flaviviridis is a species of mildly venomous, rear-fanged snake of the family Colubridae, which is found in India. It is a rear fanged, nocturnal, arboreal species of snake that probably feeds on lizards, frogs and small birds.

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Similar species: Snakes And Lizards

Species identified by Ferdy Christant