Forsten's Cat Snake

Forsten's cat snake is a mildly venomous, rear-fanged colubrid of South Asia, found in Nepal, Sri Lanka and much of India. It is named for the Dutch naturalist Eltio Alegondas Forsten (1811–1843). The body is laterally compressed, the dorsal scales are in 25 or 27 rows at midbody, and the snake is brown above with more or less regular angular black markings. In this species the front teeth of the palate and lower jaw are considerably larger than the others (Wikipedia, general species account).

Nationally Near Threatened (Sri Lanka National Red List 2012).