Green Cat Snake

The Green Cat Snake lives primarily in secondary forests, including montane zones, and can also be found at sea level in coastal forests. It is active during the day and it lies coiled up in tree branches. It hunts at night actively for prey such as geckos. The head is large, the eyes very large with vertical pupils. Dorsal scale colour is green with bluish hints, and ventral colour yellow. The species ranges from India, Southern China and Indochina to Burma, Thailand and northern Peninsular Malaysia. The tongue and inner linings of the jaw are bluish white. Neonates when born are red with a green head, then later fading to brown before getting their adult colours. This species lays between 5-12 eggs, which takes about three months to hatch on average. The green cat snake preys on lizards, snakes, frogs, birds and rodents in the wild. They are an aggressive species, it has a foul but distinct musk when handled.