林蛇属

游蛇科的一属爬行动物

林蛇属Boiga),是蛇亚目游蛇科下的一个有微量素的属,属下的蛇类有猫眼蛇猫蛇林蛇棕树蛇等称呼。主要分布于东南亚印度澳洲,但由于它们拥有坚韧的适应能力及生存能力,因此其分布地正向世界上其他适合的栖息地扩张。

林蛇属
黄环林蛇Boiga dendrophila
科学分类 编辑
界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 脊索动物门 Chordata
纲: 爬行纲 Reptilia
目: 有鳞目 Squamata
亚目: 蛇亚目 Serpentes
科: 游蛇科 Colubridae
亚科: 黄颔蛇亚科 Colubrinae
属: 林蛇属 Boiga
Fitzinger, 1826

主要物种

截止2022年6月3日,根据reptile-database中的数据,本属包含37种:[1]

特性与行为

林蛇普遍体型较幼瘦,体长较长,头部眼睛比例较大,有多种颜色及体纹。大部分林蛇体纹都呈带状,也有部分林蛇体纹以斑点为主或无体纹。颜色方面,林蛇有黑色棕色绿色白色黄色各种。另外,林蛇属卵生动物。

林蛇一般栖息于树木上,属夜行性动物,以猎食蜥蜴鸟类鼠类动物为主要食物。它们的毒性因应品种而异,但一般不认为其毒素是对人类有危险的致命性。

参考文献

  1. ^ Reptarium.cz Reptile Database 中的 Boiga
  2. ^ 2.0 2.1 Surya Narayanan, Sandeep Das, Y. Muhammed Anvar, Frank Tillack, Pratyush P. Mohapatra, David J. Gower, K. P. Rajkumar and V. Deepak. 2023. On the Taxonomic Validity of Boiga whitakeri Ganesh et al., 2021 with New insights on Boiga dightoni (Boulenger, 1894) (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae). Vertebrate Zoology 73: 1-21. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e97002
  3. ^ Vogel, Gernot and S. r. Ganesh. 2013. A New Species of Cat Snake (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae: Boiga) from Dry Forests of eastern Peninsular India. Zootaxa. 3637(2): 158-168.
  4. ^ 4.0 4.1 Gunther Köhler, Panupong Thammachoti Charunrochana, Linda Mogk, Ni Lar Than, Nia Kurniawan, Ahmad Muammar Kadafi, Abhijit Das, Frank Tillack and Mark O'Shea. 2023. A Taxonomic Revision of Boiga multomaculata (Boie, 1827) and B. ochracea (Theobald, 1868), with the Description of A New Subspecies (Squamata, Serpentes, Colubridae). Zootaxa. 5270(2); 151-193. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.2.1, http://Researchgate.net/publication/370133784_A_taxonomic_revision_of_Boiga_multomaculata_and_B_ochracea, http://facebook.com/100088301342746/posts/175934658693245, http://facebook.com/TMMTwildlife/posts/195000870013852
  5. ^ S. R. Ganesh, V. A. M. P. K. Samarawickrama, Aishwarya J. Urs, Achyuthan N. Srikanthan and Omkar Dilip Adhikari. 2022. Resurrection of Boiga ranawanei Samarawickrama, Samarawickrama, Wijesena et Orlov, 2005, with Expanded Descriptions and Species Distribution Modelling of Some Indian Taxa of the B. ceylonensis Group (Reptilia: Colubridae). Russian Journal of Herpetology. 29(6);341-354. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2022-29-6-341-354
  6. ^ Varad B. Giri, V. Deepak, Ashok Captain, Swapnil Pawar and Frank Tillack. 2019. A New Species of Boiga Fitzinger, 1826 (Serpentes: Colubridae) from The Northern Western Ghats of India. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society. 116. DOI: 10.17087/jbnhs/2019/v116/144901

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