Jasper Cat Snake
Boiga jaspidea
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Boiga
- Continents
- Asia
- Countries
- 3
- How common
- Recorded in 69 places on iNaturalist
About
Jasper Cat Snake (Boiga jaspidea) is a venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 27 more. Recorded in 69 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 Lowland Forest
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Cloud Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Mountain Forest
- Secondary Forest
- Regenerating Forest
- Forest Edges
- Forest Clearings
- Mountain Slopes
- Valleys
- Abandoned Buildings
- Roadsides
- Borneo Rainforest
- Borneo Lowland Rainforest
- Borneo Montane Rainforest
- Borneo Cloud Forest
- Borneo Heath Forest
- Borneo Dipterocarp Forest
- Borneo Limestone Forest
- Sumatra Rainforest
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.