Eastern Cat Snake
Boiga gocool
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Boiga
- Continents
- Asia
- Countries
- 3
- How common
- Recorded in 8 places on iNaturalist
About
Eastern Cat Snake (Boiga gocool) is a venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India. It lives in habitats such as tropical montane forest, montane rainforest, subtropical forest, broadleaf forest and 12 more. Recorded in 8 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.
Related snakes
- Thackeray's cat snake Boiga thackerayi
- Wall's Cat Snake Boiga walli
- Boiga whitakeri
- 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
- Collared Catsnake Boiga nuchalis
- 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.