Brown Tree Snake

Boiga irregularis

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia β€ΊPhylum: Chordata β€ΊClass: Reptilia β€ΊOrder: Squamata β€ΊFamily: Colubridae β€ΊGenus: Boiga

About

The brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) is an arboreal rear-fanged colubrid snake native to eastern and northern coastal Australia, eastern Indonesia (Sulawesi to Papua), Papua New Guinea, and a large number of islands in northwestern Melanesia. This snake is infamous for being an invasive species responsible for devastating the majority of the native bird population in Guam.