Boiga foresteni (Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril, 1854) Foresten’s Cat Snake	Diagnostic characters:
	Fairly long and slender; head distinctly broader than neck, large eyes has vertical pupil; vertebral scale row enlarged; ventral scales with a pair of lateral keels. Body colour grey or reddish-brown with distinct black and white patches. A series of small black spots may be present on the two sides of ventrals, or in some cases the black spots are scattered
	Habit and Habitat:
	Nocturnal; arboreal; mostly lives in woodland forest, dry deciduous forest, abandoned nests and tree holes of Mahua tree, Mango tree. When alarming raise forebody and hisses loudly
	Diet:
	Lizards, birds and small mammals
	Legal Protection:
	WL (P) A, 1972-Schedule IV
	Conservation status and Threats:
	Not accessed. Rare.  No serious threat observed.
	Distribution: Madhya Pradesh: Chhattarpur. Elsewhere in India: Throughout Peninsular India, in West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Uttarakhand. Elsewhere outside: Sri Lanka