Biology:Boiga schultzei
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Short description: Species of snake
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Boiga |
| Species: | B. schultzei
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| Binomial name | |
| Boiga schultzei Taylor, 1923
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Boiga schultzei, commonly known as the Schultze's blunt-headed tree snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Philippines .
Etymology
The specific name, schultzei, is in honor of Willie Schultze in whose private collection E.H. Taylor found the specimen which would become the holotype.[3][2]
Geographic range
B. schultzei is found on the island of Palawan, Philippines.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of B. schultzei is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 200 m (660 ft).[1]
Description
B. schultzei may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 1.04 m (3.4 ft), plus a tail 0.37 m (1.2 ft) long.[3]
Diet
B. schultzei preys upon lizards, such as the gecko Gehyra mutilata.[4]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brown, R.; Dimalibot, J. (2009). "Boiga schultzei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T169792A6674462. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169792A6674462.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/169792/6674462. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Species Boiga schultzei at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Taylor (1923).
- ↑ Greene (1989).
Further reading
- Greene HW (1989). "Ecological, evolutionary, and conservation implications of feeding biology of Old World cat snakes, genus Boiga (Colubridae)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 46 (8): 193–207. (Boiga schultzei, p. 197).
- Taylor EH (1923). "Additions to the herpetological fauna of the Philippine Islands, III". Philippine Journal of Science 22: 515–557 + Plates 1–3. (Boiga schultzei, new species, pp. 552–553 + Plate 3, figure 3).
- Weinell JL, Hooper E, Leviton AE, Brown RM (2019). "Illustrated Key to the Snakes of the Philippines" Proc. California Acad. Sci., Fourth Series 66 (1): 1–49.
Wikidata ☰ Q2908858 entry
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