Boiga trigonata, commonly known as the Indian gamma snake or common cat snake, is a species of rear-fanged colubrid endemic to South Asia.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Common Cat Snake being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Boiga forsteni
- Trimorphodon biscutatus
- Echis carinatus — considered venomous
- Tropidodryas striaticeps
- Trimorphodon quadruplex
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Boiga
- Species
- Boiga trigonata
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