Skip to main content
Login

    Species Accepted

    Boiga irregularis (Bechstein, 1802)

    Brown Tree Snake
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Boiga
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

      Loading

      Loading

      Loading

      Loading

      Loading

      Loading

      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 2 countries or islands

      2 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      Marshall IslandsNo
      Marshall IslandsNo
      View all

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      14 results
      Braune Nachtbaumnatter German
      Brown Tree Snake English
      Brown catsnake English
      Brun Kattesnog Danish
      Cobra-arbórea-marrom Portuguese
      Colubro gatto bruno Italian
      De bruine nachtboomslang Dutch
      Ruskopuukäärme Finnish
      Serpente gatto bruno Italian
      barna fakígyó Hungarian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      129 results
      Duméril, A. M. C., Bibron, G. & DUMÉRIL, A. H. A.,. (1854). Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Deuxième partie, comprenant l’histoire des serpents venimeux. Paris, Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: I-Xii + 781-1536.
      Somaweera, R. (2009). Snakes of Darwin. Poster, University of Sydney.
      Krone IW, Karin BR, Frederick JH, Amini SS, Scarpetta SG, Hamidy A, Anita S, Riyanto A, Arida E, Laksono WT, Arifin U, Bach BH, Bos C, Jennings CK, Stubbs AL, Peterson K, Shi S, McGuire JA. (2025). Elevational surveys of Sulawesi herpetofauna 2: Mount Katopasa on the Eastern Peninsula of Sulawesi island, Indonesia. PeerJ 13:E20024.
      Macleay, W. (1877). The ophidians of the Chevert Expedition. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 2: 33-41 (given as 1878 on Title Page but Published in 1877).
      McCoy, M. (2006). Reptiles of the Solomon Islands. Pensoft Series Faunistica 57, 212 Pp.
      Rodda, G. H., Fritts, T. H., & Chiszar, D. (1997). The disappearance of Guam’s Wildlife. BioScience 47 (9): 656-574.
      Boback, S. M., Nafus, M. G., Yackel Adams, A. A., & and Reed, R. N. (2020). Use of visual surveys and radiotelemetry reveals sources of detection bias for a cryptic snake at low densities. Ecosphere 11( 1): E03000.
      Shivik, J.A. & L. Clark. (1999). Ontogenetic Shifts in Carrion Attractiveness to Brown Tree Snakes (Boiga irregularis). Journal of Herpetology 33 (2): 334-336.
      Hathaway, S. A., Jacobi, J. D., Peck, R., Backlin, A. R., Hitchcock, C. J., & Fisher, R. N. (2025). Biodiversity surveys of Wake Atoll—Featuring field guides for plants, arthropods, and herpetofauna. US Geological Survey (No. 2023-1066).
      Lardner, Bjorn, Julie A. Savidge, Thomas J. Hinkle, Elijah Wostl, Shane R. Siers, Robert N. Reed and Gordon H. Rodda. (2011). Boiga irregularis (brown treesnake) predation attempt by crab. Herpetological Review 42 (3): 434-435.

      Citation

      Boiga irregularis (Bechstein, 1802) in undefined