Herping trips certainly add tonnes to your knowledge and information about the Natural Behaviour of species and give you an opportunity to view some really rare occurrences. On such a Herping trip recently got a chance to experience the Mating of Boiga trigonata in wild !!!
Location : Badlapur, Dist : Thane, Maharashtra. (19 ' 9 ' 0" North : 73 ' 16 ' 0 " East)
Date : Friday, 24th June, 2011.
Time : 8 : 30 p.m.
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| The Full Body Picture of the Mating Pair. |
The sighting was special indeed but to add to the joys, the snakes seemed to be very much undisturbed even when we moved very close to them. They were very much engrossed in the act which gave me a lot of time to click some useful pictures for record.
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| CLOSE-UP of the male entering the female with it's hemipenes |
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CLOSE-UP of the male entering the female with it's hemipenes
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BEHAVIOUR : The Pair seemed to be very gentle and shows no signs of nervousness even as we went very close to have some picture treat. Cat Snakes (Boiga sps.) are generally very less nervous with human once they are habituated. But this wild pair also displayed the same kind of behaviour. The Mating process continued as long as we stayed there (1 to 1.5 hours). The Female will lay about 7 to 15 eggs in a span of two months (approximately) if everything goes right.
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| A Head CLOSE-UP of the Pair. |
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