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Many-Spotted Cat Snake

Many-spotted cat snakes are species of mildly poisonous colubrid snakes, found in large parts of Asia. They are rear-fanged and known to be generally calm and non-aggressive. The species is nocturnal and exhibit arboreal activity.

Scientific Classification
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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Squamata
Suborder	Serpentes
Family	Colubridae
Genus	Boiga
Scientific Name	Boiga multomaculata

Other Names	Large-spotted Cat Snake, Marbled Cat-eyed Snake
Length	Around 100 cm, largest specimen: 187 cm
Color	Gray-brown dorsal color with two series of non-uniform nearly oval shaped blackish or dark brown spots and another two series of smaller but prominent spots on the lower sides; head contains two blackish bands which separate at the back; presence of a blackish irregular line from the eye to mouth’s corner; ventral color is whitish with spotted or marbled with brown and each side contains a series of brown spots
Distribution	Western Malaysia, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Miao – Changlang district), Southern China, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi) Cambodia, Bangladesh, Laos, Singapore
Habitat	Well-watered woodland, scrubland, treed grassland
Diet	Lizards like geckos and small skinks, lizard eggs birds, frogs
Predators	Larger snakes, birds of prey
Venom Fact	Mildly venomous
Mode of Reproduction	Oviparous (egg laying)
Clutch Size	4 to 8 eggs
IUCN Conservation Status	Not Evaluated