Boiga angulata

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Boiga
Species: Boiga angulata
Name

Boiga angulata (Peters, 1861)

Type locality: “Insel Leyete”.

Holotype: ZMB 4000.
Synonyms

Dipsas (Dipsadomorphus) angulata Peters, 1861
Boiga angulata — Bauer et al., 1995: 70
Boiga cf. angulata — Gaulke, 2001: 23

References

Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig, 1861. Eine zweite Übersicht (vergl. Monatsberichte 1859 p. 269) der von Hrn. F. Jagor auf Malacca, Java, Borneo und den Philippinen gesammelten und dem Kgl. zoologischen Museum übersandten Schlangen. Monatsber. königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1861 (Juli): 683–691.
Bauer, A. M.; Günther, R. & Klipfel, M., 1995. The herpetological contributions of Wilhelm C.H. Peters (1815-1883). SSAR Facsimile Reprints in Herpetology, 714 pp.
Gaulke, M., 2001. Die Herpetofauna von Sibaliw (Panay), einem der letzten Tieflandregenwaldgebiete der West-Visayas, Philippinen. Teil II: Schlangen. Herpetofauna, 23 (131): 23–34.
Boiga angulata at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 August 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Leyte Cat Snake

Boiga angulata, commonly known as the Leyte cat snake or Philippine blunt-headed tree snake, is a species rear-fanged of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Philippines. It is considered mildly venomous.
Geographic range

The snake is found in the Philippines.
Distribution of boiga angulata.
References

Brown, R.; Gaulke, M.; Paguntalan, L. (2009). "Boiga angulata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T169815A6677589. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169815A6677589.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

Species Boiga angulata at The Reptile Database