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Tawny Cat Snake

Boiga ochracea

Description:

Slender brown snake with yellowish underbelly. The specimen was spotted in kalimpong, India...the area is under thick vegetative cover...i think it is a common rat snake..

1 Species ID Suggestions

Gopal murali
Gopal murali 11 years ago
tawny cat snake
Boiga ochracea


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3 Comments

Christiane
Christiane 12 years ago

Thanks you ranbir.gurkha.. Snakes are ID by their Scale pattern.. to be 100 % sure.. like this one.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ptyas_....

ranbir.gurkha
ranbir.gurkha 12 years ago

Hi Christiane, i did wat u asked for...i think this is a common rat snake...but require confirmation..

Christiane
Christiane 12 years ago

Please kindly indicate in the description where this beautiful snake was spotted, together with any info you may have. It will help members of our community with identification. :-)

ranbir.gurkha
Spotted by
ranbir.gurkha

गान्तोक, Sikkim, India

Spotted on Aug 13, 2010
Submitted on Oct 19, 2011

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