mangrove snake, gold-ringed cat snake (Boiga dendrophila divergens) Description
English: Boiga dendrophila divergens (PNM 969) from Santa Ana. Photo: ACD.
Date 7 February 2013, 22:21:16
Source Brown R, Siler C, Oliveros C, Welton L, Rock A, Swab J, Van Weerd M, van Beijnen J, Rodriguez D, Jose E, Diesmos A (2013). "The amphibians and reptiles of Luzon Island, Philippines, VIII: The herpetofauna of Cagayan and Isabela Provinces, northern Sierra Madre Mountain Range". ZooKeys 266: 1. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.266.3982
Author Brown R, Siler C, Oliveros C, Welton L, Rock A, Swab J, Van Weerd M, van Beijnen J, Rodriguez D, Jose E, Diesmos A
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boiga_dendrophila_divergens_(PNM_969)_from_Santa_Ana_-_ZooKeys-266-001-g076.jpg
Boiga dendrophila, commonly called the mangrove snake or gold-ringed cat snake, is a species of rear-fanged colubrid from southeast Asia: Indonesia (Bangka, Belitung, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, Riau Archipelago, Sumatra), Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines. It is one of the biggest cat snake species and is considered mildy venomous.
Boiga dendrophila divergens Taylor, 1922 – Philippines (Luzon, Polillo)