Boiga saengsomi
Appearance
Boiga saengsomi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Boiga |
Species: | B. saengsomi
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Binomial name | |
Boiga saengsomi Nutphand, 1985
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Boiga saengsomi is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Thailand.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, saengsomi, is in honor of Buntot Saengmahasom who is a Thai animal collector.[2]
Geographic range
[edit]B. saengsomi is found in southern Thailand.[3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of B. saengsomi is forest.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Chan-Ard, T. (2012). "Boiga saengsomi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T192137A2045612. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192137A2045612.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Boiga saengsomi, p. 231).
- ^ a b Species Boiga saengsomi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org
Further reading
[edit]- Nutphand W (1985). "[Banded Green Cat Snake Boiga saengsomi Nutphand (new species)]". Bangkok, Thailand: [Thai Zoological Center of Bangkok]. 6 pp. (in Thai).
- Nutphand W, Cox MJ, Smith HM, Chiszar D (1991). "The Original Description, Type Specimen and Status of the Colubrid Snake Boiga saengsomi Nutphand". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 27 (3): 157–165.