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Brown Tree Snake

Reptiles

The brown tree snake, also called the brown catsnake, is a slender, rear-fanged, arboreal colubrid native to eastern and northern coastal Australia, eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and many islands of northwestern Melanesia, reaching up to two metres in length and preying on animals from invertebrates to birds and small mammals. Accidentally introduced to Guam after World War II, it became infamous for extirpating most of the island's native bird population, and agencies now employ methods including aerial baiting to control its numbers and prevent its spread to new locations.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Carnivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Threats
Invasive and Other Problematic Species, Genes and Diseases 3
Relationship to People
Invasive or Introduced Species 3
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Derived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status (w-bfill-g5-0924 browse backfill).
Scientific Name
Boiga irregularis 1
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Boiga, Taxa
Source Brown tree snake (Wikidata)
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Australia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Marshall Islands, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Mexico, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: South Asia, found in there.
Sources
1. Brown Tree Snake (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Taxobox, binomial name
    Boiga irregularis (Merrem, 1802)
  • Infobox, conservation status
    Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
  • Lead section
    Brown tree snakes prey on a wide range of animals, from invertebrates to birds and even some small mammals.
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2. Brown tree snake (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Statements section, habitat (P2974): Terrestrial
    Wikidata habitat statement (P2974) resolves to a terrestrial habitat type.
  • Child Taxon Of: Boiga, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q1475483 (Boiga)
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3. Wikipedia: Brown tree snake
  • threat (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
    Due to an accidental introduction after the events of World War II, this snake is now infamous for being an invasive species responsible for extirpating the majority of the native bird population in Guam.
  • human-interaction (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
    Due to an accidental introduction after the events of World War II, this snake is now infamous for being an invasive species responsible for extirpating the majority of the native bird population in Guam.
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Wikidata: Brown Tree Snake
Wikidata Q900781, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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