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Boiga barnesii
''Boiga barnesii'' is a species of cat snake found in Sri Lanka known as the Barnes' cat snake in English and ''panduru mapila-පදුරු මාපිලා'' in Sinhala. It is a member of the snake family Colubridae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka and is distributed in the lowlands and midlands up to ~600m above sea level, with known localities include Matale, Kandy, Gannoruwa, Gampola, Ambagamuwa, Balangoda, Labugama and Sinharaja Rain Forest. Barnes' cat snake is mainly a forest-dwelling species but may occasionally be found in human habitats. It is the smallest cat snake in Sri Lanka and grows up to a maximum of in snout-vent length. Being a nocturnal and an arboreal hunter, it mainly feeds on agamid lizards and geckos. The day time is usually spent inside a tree hole or a crevice. It’s a very timid and a mildly venomous snake and rarely attempts to bite.
Although ''panduru mapila'' is only mildly venomous, and bites on humans produce only local symptoms, there is a common misconception in Sri Lanka that all ''mapilas-මාපිලා'' (cat snakes) are highly venomous and could kill a human with its venom. This misconception may be because the name ''mapila'' is used to refer to different species in different parts of the island. Due to differences in local knowledge and nomenclature, the krait species found in Sri Lanka (common krait or ''thel karawala-තෙල් කරවලා'', Ceylon krait or ''mudu karawala-මුදු කරවලා'') are also referred to or misidentified as ''mapila''. Both krait species mentioned (''Bungarus caeruleus'' and ''Bungarus ceylonicus'') are highly venomous.
==Etymology==
The specific name, ''barnesii'', is in honor of Richard Hawksworth Barnes, who collected specimens in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) for the British Museum (Natural History), including the type specimen of this species.〔Günther 1869.〕〔Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Barnes", p. 17).〕
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