Mangrove Snake Boiga dendrophila

Mangrove Snake
Mangrove Snake
The Mangrove Snake, also called the Gold-ringed Cat Snake, is native to Southeast Asia. Its habitat is rainforest rather than mangrove swamps.
Mangrove Snake
Gold-ringed Cat Snake
The Mangove Snake is a snake of two halves: a bright yellow and black head end and a blue-black back with gold rings.
Mangrove Snake
Mangrove Snake
Mainly nocturnal, it grows to some 2 metres length (6-8 feet), the largest of the cat snakes, and is mildly venomous.
Philippine Luzon, Gold-ringed Cat Snake There are several subspecies over its range. That above with a greyer body is B. d. divergens of Polillo Island, Luzon, the Philippines.
Mangrove Snake Cat snakes are so called as they have vertical pupils, similar to the eyes of cats.