Boiga Dendrophila Melanota Gold ringed Cat Snake Stock Photo 2369960325 Shutterstock Mangrove snake or known as gold ringed cat snake, Boiga melanota, are strikingly beautiful and notoriously aggressive colubrids locally common throughout Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and adjacent island chains. It is a rear fanged mild Managed to get a cool pic of this Boiga Melanota (mangrove snake) Boiga melanota, the western mangrove cat snake, is one of the biggest cat snake species in Asia.