Sentence examples for cat snake from inspiring English sources
Cat snake, any of several groups of arboreal or semiarboreal rear-fanged snakes in the family Colubridae with eyes having vertically elliptical pupils similar to those found in felines.
Mangrove snake (genus Boiga), also called cat-eyed snake or cat snake, any of about 30 species (family Colubridae) of weakly venomous, rear-fanged snakes, ranging from South Asia to Australia.
One of the largest and most spectacular species is the black-and-yellow mangrove snake, or gold-ringed cat snake (B. dendrophila), a shiny black snake with a yellow crossbar pattern on its body.
Of these three groups, the smallest contained clusters 3FTx-5 and 3FTx-6 and was most closely related to 3FTx-Tel1 (Genbaccessionsion: EU029671) previously isolated from the venom of the colubrid Telescopus dhara (the Arabian Cat Snake) [ 39].
Cat snakes are nocturnal hunters that become active at twilight.
European cat snakes (T. fallax) occur in six subspecies.
Often classified separately, cat-eyed snakes (Leptodeira) of the New World tropics are superficially similar to Old World cat snakes.
Eurasian cat snakes (Telescopus) inhabit dry regions of southeastern Europe, southwestern Asia, and northern Africa.
In addition to B. blandingii and B. pulverulenta, African cat snakes also include members of the genus Dipsadoboa.
Other Old World cat snakes include Boiga, which is mainly distributed through Southeast Asia and the East Indies, with more than 35 species ranging from Pakistan to Australia.
