Brown tree snake | 台北市立動物園資訊網

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Species of reptile

The brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis), also known as the brown catsnake, is an arboreal rear-fanged colubrid snake native to western and northern coastal Australia, eastern Indonesia (Sulawesi to Papua), Papua New Guinea, and many islands in northwestern Melanesia. This snake is infamous for being an invasive species responsible for extirpating the majority of the native bird population in Guam.[1] It is also one of the very few colubrids found in Australia, where elapids are more common.

The brown tree snake preys upon birds, lizards, bats, and mice and other small rodents in its native range.[1] It preys on birds and rats in Guam.[2] Their presence threatens species of regional native birds and lizards such as the common sparrow.

Owing to the availability of prey and lack of predators in introduced habitats such as Guam, they have been known to gr...