ML phylogeny showing relationships of the newly sampled Boiga (in blue) and sequences of other available congeners. ML bootstrap support and BI posterior probability support = />75 or 0.75 is shown at each internal branch. Holotype of B. whitakeri (BNHS 3597) labelled in red. Inset image: head closeups of the respective samples in life or freshly roadkill specimen (BNHS 3617). Outgroups are pruned from this tree.

 
 
  Part of: Narayanan S, Das S, Anvar YM, Tillack F, Mohapatra PP, Gower DJ, Rajkumar KP, Deepak V (2023) On the taxonomic validity of Boiga whitakeri Ganesh et al., 2021 with new insights on Boiga dightoni (Boulenger, 1894) (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae). Vertebrate Zoology 73: 1-21. https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e97002