Green cat snake lays eggs in Bangaladesh

https://www.thedailystar.net/environment/wild-life/news/spectacular-green-cat-snake-lays-4-eggs-1630051

An endangered green cat snake, sheltered at Bangladesh Bonyo Prani Sheba Foundation in Sreemangal upazila of the district, laid four eggs there on recently. “ Experts are providing special care to the snake family to ensure safe hatching of the eggs. We are keeping watchful eyes,” said Swapan Deb Sajal, director of the wildlife care foundation. "The snake with its eggs is doing fine. If hatched, they can become valuable breeders of the endangered species in future," he said. “The snake was rescued from Shishirbari area in Sreemangal upazila one month ago when it could hardly move. “These snakes feed mainly on lizards. Besides, they take frogs, birds, rodents and other snakes and have a unique way of capturing their prey,” said Tabibur Rahman, former assistant conservator of wildlife at the forest department in Moulvibazar. Its family identity is colubridae, scientific name Boiga Cyanea and Bangla name Sobuj Fonimonosha. .The hatchlings are usually 35-cm-long. It grows up to 1.86 m. The dorsal surface is green or greenish and ventral surface is pale greenish or yellowish. The young ones are brownish or reddish often with a green head, which is distinctly broader than the neck. Large shield-like scales at top of the head helps one to distinguish it from pit viper, which have small granular scales. The mildly venomous snake breeds during March to June and lays four to ten eggs that hatch within 80 to 90 days, Tabibur Rahman said.

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