Summary:
nov - Thackeray's cat snake has scales on its body that resembles that of the stripes found on the body of the Tiger. In one of such efforts, a new species of a snake has been described from the Western Ghats region of Maharashtra, India." This new species, Thackeray's Cat Snake (Boiga Thackeray) is named after researcher Tejas Thackeray for his contributions towards the studies on freshwater crabs in India, especially northern Western Ghats and his strong and unconditional support towards the taxonomy of less charismatic species. nov - Thackeray's cat snake, is a new species with Tiger like stripes on its body from the Sahyadri tiger reserve in Maharashtra. Which is when I got in touch with Dr.
Giri and set the ball rolling.".