Boiga gokool is a poorly known species of cat snake with a narrow distribution in eastern India and Bangladesh. Boiga gokool is one of 15 Boiga species in India, out of a total of 32 species Boiga species (Das et al. 2010 and references therein). According to Orlov and Ryabov (2002), B. gokool is known from India (southern Sikkim, Bengal, Assam), Bangladesh, and Bhutan.
Das et al. (2010) provide a detailed technical description of this species, as well as photographs. These authors also provide a detailed analysis of B. gokool records, including the correction of a number of apparent errors, e.g., a record from Burma from Manipur, which is now part of India, and a number of records of "B. trigonata" that apparently actually refer to misidentified B. gokool. Das et al. provide a list of records of other Boiga species occuring in eastern India, several of which have been confused with B. gokool over the years, and a key for identifying Boiga from eastern India.
Very little is known of the food habits of B. gokool, but reported stomach contents from wild-caught specimens include a mouse and a lizard and lizards have been taken in captivity (Das et al. 2010). Nearly nothing is known of the reproductive biology of this species, but Das et al. report that three gravid females collected by them contained 5, 6, and 8 mature eggs, respectively.
The arrowback tree snake (Boiga gocool) is a species of rear-fanged colubrid found in Bhutan, Bangladesh and India (Assam, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh (Chessa - Papum Pare district).
The arrowback tree snake (Boiga gocool) is a species of rear-fanged colubrid found in Bhutan, Bangladesh and India (Assam, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh (Chessa - Papum Pare district).
