#boiga nigriceps

[snototter]

A black-headed cat snake (Boiga nigriceps) in Selangor, Malaysia

by cowyeow

[thecreatureawaits]

Creature Awaits #245

Each week I plan to feature an amazing creature, admiring God's fantastic artistry. Hopefully it’ll brighten someone’s day to see something new and interesting if they haven’t seen it before. : )

As the Pantone color of the year is "Peach Fuzz", so we'll dive into the second month of this relatively new year by featuring creatures of this cozy, comforting color. : )

(Fantastic capture taken by skilled-photographer, Rushen (CC BY-SA 2.0 Deed))

The Black-Headed Cat Snake

Scientific Name: Boiga nigriceps

Region: Rainforests throughout Borneo, Western Indonesia, southern Thailand and West Malaysia

Size: Up to about 5'6" (~1.75m) long

Interesting Notes: By adulthood, this beautiful snake's head has darkened to somewhere between olive green and black. Its body color can range anywhere from pale peach to red to black, though its belly is always pale with yellow under its neck. Though it primarily lives in trees, it will descend to the rainforest floor in search of prey as often as needed.

[herpsandbirds]

Dark-headed Cat Snake (Boiga nigriceps), family Colubridae, Yala Province, Thailand

Rear-fanged, mildly venomous.

photograph by Jonathan Hagström

[thlpp]

Black-headed Cat Snake (Boiga nigriceps) from Sabah, Borneo.

[emanuro]

Black-headed cat snake (Boiga nigriceps) swallowing a panther flying frog (Rhacophorus pardalis) at night. This might be hard-to-watch by someone, but it’s how life works in Nature. An unstoppable flow of energy webbing through the thin crust of this tiny planet that bounces around the sun. Predation is a true engine of life in every ecosystem, and this snake is specialized to hunt frogs in order to thrive and continue the circle of life of its species. #pickoftheday #conservation #amphibian #rhacophorus #snake #reptile #herp #herping #herpetology #night #predatoridelmicrocosmo #venom #boiga #nigriceps #malaysia #sarawak #borneo #kubah @ilcp_photographers (presso Taman Negara Kubah) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnLw8LEnk0I/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8i5672ucnqzv

[typhlonectes]

Black-headed Cat Snake, Boiga nigriceps, Bang Lang National Park, Thailand

photograph via: Thai National Parks CC

[anthonybeyer]

Black-headed Cat Snake (Boiga nigriceps) by cowyeow https://flic.kr/p/2iD8cng Anthony Beyer

[herpsandbirds]

Dark-headed Cat Snake (Boiga nigriceps), family Colubridae, Khao Luang National Park, Thailand

Rear-fanged mildly venomous.

photograph by Rushenb 

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Boiga nigriceps