According to Orlov and Ryabov (2002), there are three recognized subspecies of B. ochracea, with the following geographic distributions:
Boiga ochracea ochracea (Bhutan, eastern India, Bangladesh, Myanmar)
Boiga ochracea stoliczkae (Nepal, northern India [Darjeeling (West Bengal) and Sikkim]; Bangladesh)
Boiga ochracea walli (southern Myanmar, Andaman and Nicobar Islands)
Boiga ochracea, commonly called the tawny cat snake, is a species of rear-fanged snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South Asia.
B. ochracea is found in the Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India (Changlang District), Myanmar, and Nepal. It is also found in China.[2]
Three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[1]
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Boiga.
The subspecific names, stoliczkae and walli, are in honor of Moravian herpetologist Ferdinand Stoliczka and British herpetologist Frank Wall, respectively.[3]
Boiga ochracea, commonly called the tawny cat snake, is a species of rear-fanged snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South Asia.
