The
many-banded tree snake,
Boiga multifasciata, is a species of rear-fanged
colubridA colubrid is a member of the snake family Colubridae. This broad classification of snakes includes about two-thirds of all snake species on earth. The earliest species of the snake family date back to the Oligocene epoch. With 304 genera and 1,938 species, Colubridae is the largest snake family...
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Description
Dorsally it is grayish with oblique black cross-bars, and has a series of whitish spots along the vertebral line. On the head it has a pair of black streaks from the prefrontals to the occiput, another black streak from the eye to the commissure of the jaws, and another along the nape. The upper labials are black-edged. Ventrally it is spotted or checkered with dark brown or black. Adults are about 875 mm (34½ in.) in total length.
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