Friday, November 27, 2009

The Mangrove Snake: Another Species in Peril?


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An ubiquitous species of mildly-venomous snake, the mangrove snake or gold-ringed cat snake (Boiga dendrophila) may be facing extinction due to increasing human activities in its habitat. Once easily seen in mangrove-lined rivers in Palawan, the mangrove snake is difficult to spot nowadays. Is the mangrove snake another species in peril?

More on this snake in Scienceray...

More on Palawan wildlife here.

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