Collared Catsnake
Boiga nuchalis
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Boiga
- Continents
- Asia
- Countries
- 2
- How common
- Recorded in 62 places on iNaturalist
About
Collared Catsnake (Boiga nuchalis) is a venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in India, Nepal. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical montane forest, montane rainforest and 19 more. Recorded in 62 places on iNaturalist.
Where it lives
Native range
Habitats
Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.
- Tropical Rainforest
- Tropical Moist Forest
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Tropical Seasonal Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Woodland
- Montane Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Subalpine Forest
- Secondary Forest
- Regenerating Forest
- Forest Edges
- Forest Clearings
- Mountain Slopes
- Valleys
- Abandoned Buildings
- Roadsides
- Western Ghats Rainforest
- Eastern Ghats Dry Forest
- Himalayan Foothill Forest
- Himalayan Montane Forest
Related snakes
- Thackeray's cat snake Boiga thackerayi
- Wall's Cat Snake Boiga walli
- Boiga whitakeri
- Eastern Cat Snake Boiga gocool
- Indian Egg-eater Boiga westermanni
- Gold-ringed Cat Snake (melanota) Boiga melanota
- Schultz' Blunt-headed Tree Snake Boiga schultzei
- Green Cat Snake Boiga cyanea
- Many-spotted Cat Snake Boiga multomaculata
- Common Cat Snake Boiga trigonata
- Barnes’s Cat Snake Boiga barnesii
- Dog-toothed Cat Snake Boiga cynodon
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.