About Boiga siamensis Nutaphand, 1971
Boiga siamensis, commonly called the Siamese cat snake, resembles the dog-toothed snake but lives in a different geographic area. It is a large species of snake that can grow to an almost 2 meters (6 1⁄2 feet) total length. Its base color is greyish-brown, marked with black crossbars that are clearest towards the center of its body. The head is dark brown, with a dark streak that runs from behind the eye to the first body crossbar; this streak is broken just past the last supralabial scale. The chin and throat are white, and the ventral scales range from white to light brown. The species is distributed across India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Nepal, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Laos. It inhabits forested hills and plains, occurring at elevations up to 1,700 meters (5,577 feet). These snakes are arboreal, but they may also be found near bodies of water. Boiga siamensis is an oviparous species. Sexually mature females lay clutches that contain 6 to 12 eggs each.
