B. beddomei is found in India, in northern parts of the
Western Ghats in
Maharashtra state (Bhimashankar, Mulshi, Koyna, Vasota). It is also found in
Gujarat,
Goa and northern karnataka[5] in the hill ranges.[6]
Boiga beddomei is a slender snake. The head is distinct from the neck. The vertebral scales are strongly enlarged. The
dorsum is grayish brown with dark brown vertebral cross bars. The ventral surface is yellowish-cream, densely powdered with blackish spots.
Scalation
The
dorsal scales are arranged in 19 oblique rows at midbody; the vertebral row is strongly enlarged and hexagonal. The
ventrals number 238–252 and the
subcaudals number 113–127.
^Ganesh, S.R.; Achyuthan, N.S.; Chandramouli, S.R.; Vogel, G. (2020). "Taxonomic revision of the Boiga ceylonensis group (Serpentes: Colubridae): re-examination of type specimens, redefinition of nominate taxa and an updated key". Zootaxa. 4779 (3): 301–322.
doi:
10.11646/zootaxa.4779.3.
^Ganesh, S.R.; Mallik, A.K.; Achyuthan, N.S.; Shanker, K.; Vogel, G. (2021). "A new species of Boiga (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Southern Western Ghats of India with a molecular phylogeny and expanded characterisation of related species". Zootaxa. 4981 (3): 449–468.
doi:
10.11646/zootaxa.4981.3.2.
PMID34186711.
S2CID235688650.
^Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore:Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp.
ISBN978-1-4214-0135-5. (Boiga beddomei, p. 21).
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Ganesh SR, Achyuthan NS,
Chandramouli SR,
Vogel G (2020). "Taxonomic revision of the Boiga ceylonensis group (Serpentes: Colubridae): re-examination of type specimens, redefinition of nominate taxa and an updated key". Zootaxa4779 (3): 301–332.