Forsten's Cat Snake
Boiga forsteni
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Boiga
- Continents
- Asia
- Countries
- 3
- How common
- Common
About
Forsten's Cat Snake (Boiga forsteni) is a venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical montane forest, montane rainforest and 31 more. Common: recorded in 111 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
- Subtropical Dry Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Coastal Forest
- Woodland
- Dry Woodland
- Scrub Forest
- Thorn Forest
- Montane Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Subalpine Forest
- Secondary Forest
- Regenerating Forest
- Forest Edges
- Forest Clearings
- Scrubland
- Desert
- Hot Desert
- Desert Scrub
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
- Collared Catsnake Boiga nuchalis
- Common Cat Snake Boiga trigonata
- Barnes’s Cat Snake Boiga barnesii
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.