White Spotted Cat Snake

Description:

This Cat Snake, when I chanced upon it during a rainy night walk, it was crossing the street. It was easily 1.5 meters long. When I approached to to take pictures, it coiled up in the 'S' shaped (Pic#2) and shows some aggression. When I backed off, it even raises its head straight up, was a bit scared then! Boiga drapiezii, commonly known as the white-spotted cat snake, is a species of long and slender rear-fanged colubrid that is common throughout its range. There are two known phases. The green phase has a marbled green body with a more robust head and width. The brown phase is much more slender with orange brown triangle-like bands across the body. This species is in need of urgent review, with possibly more subspecies awaiting discovery and subsequent description.

Habitat:

The white-spotted cat snake, while arboreal, can often be found moving about on the forest floor in search of prey and travel. They are found in tropical rainforest, sometimes on branches near streams.